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ASX200 to hit 5,600: forecast

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... time of the year - with one fund manager predicting as much as a 20 per cent upside in the ASX200 over the course of 2011. UBS Australia's sell side strategist David Cassidy said that he expects stronger global and Australian equity markets next year ...

J.P. Morgan makes fresh moves in sec lending

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... favourable returns on cash on a fully secured basis. The move is instrumental to a securities lending transaction between UBS and State Street Bank and Trust and allows loans to be fully collateralised to lender specification and held by a collateral ...

UBS promotes Rider to new head of inv strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
UBS Global Asset Management has promoted Mark Rider to head of investment strategy, Australia, within the Global Investment Solutions (GIS) team. This is the first senior appointment to the GIS team in Australia, which UBS said was a clear sign of its ...

NabInvest adds credit start-up to boutique stable

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... Glenalta). Aj Rahman (former co-head Asia Investment Banking Merrill Lynch) and James Aitken (a former Executive Director at UBS and founding partner of Aitken Advisors) are also on the same advisory board.

Qantas eyes alternatives, cools on equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Qantas Super has reduced its exposure to international and local equities in favour of hedge funds, unlisted infrastructure and return seeking credit following an asset allocation update. The $5 billion super fund has made a 5 per cent boost to its ...

A simpler, streamlined Suncorp

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... efficiency, it is now time to simplify that structure," John Story, chairman of Suncorp, said. James Coghill, an analyst at UBS, said that the restructuring was largely immaterial from the perspective of the ordinary investor. "The essence of the restructure ...

Toll roads lead global $50bn M&A activity

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... from pension and sovereign funds over the next two years with toll roads at the top of the buy list. According to the latest UBS report, there are a number of major takeover targets in the infrastructure industry including RiverCity Motorway Group, ConnectEast ...

Politics shape investment choices: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... choices of familiar, local stocks and picked active mutual funds with high fees. The researchers looked at statistics from the UBS/Gallup Investor Optimism Survey between 1991 to 2002 as the Democrats and Republicans each took turns in office. The results ...

Takeover will not affect client funds: Perpetual

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... at the point remains incomplete." The fate of Perpetual, should the takeover occur, remains up in the air but analysts at UBS last week argued that the firm could be destined for a break up. KKR might look to exploit "significant divestment opportunities" ...

Perpetual rejects KKR, open to better offer

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... to provide KKR with limited financial information subject to appropriate confidentiality agreements. Last week, analysts at UBS argued Perpetual "could be destined for a break-up," as KKR looked to exploit "significant divestment opportunities" in the ...