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Paying off debt still top priority for households

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2004
... for new savings, carrying on a trend from the previous quarter. Real estate, however, lost ground while investing in equities began to make a comeback. Repaying existing debt, including mortgages, was a priority for 26.6% of people surveyed with new ...

Invesco wholesale diversified scores highly

... against the expected median return of 13.8%. The outperformance was driven principally by strong returns from Australian equities, contributing 29.1% annual return - 734 basis points over the benchmark return of 21.73%. "This will be very welcome news ...

Boutiques continue to outperform: Rainmaker

... the last three years domestic boutique fund managers have consistently outperformed larger fund managers in Australian equities, according to research from Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker examined the Australian equities performance for a range of boutiques ...

High fees weigh on Zurich ratings: Morningstar

... because its Australian fixed interest team can leverage off the wider global group\'s vast fixed interest, credit, and equities resources. This is particularly the case when it comes to credit analysis, where Deutsche seeks to play both sides of the ...

Bank stocks plunge after US rate rise

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2004
... their earnings from lending, which has already shown signs of cooling after two rate hikes late last year. Ausbil Dexia equities director Paul Xiradis said rising interest rates in the US could translate to the same here, making other sectors more attractive ...

Super funds revisit heady days: Mercer

... said. According to the report, all main asset classes are set to post positive returns for the financial year. Australian equities are tracking towards 22%, the MSCI world index ex Australia is up 19.5% to date and despite negative sentiment in the residential ...

AMP shares up nearly 3% on prospect of higher dividends

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2004
... 7 June, aided by exchange rate movements and favourable pricing. By 1110 AEST AMP was up 17 cents to $6.10. Macquarie Equities private client adviser David Halliday said the debt reduction was taken as a positive step for AMP. The company had $4.3 billion ...

UK pension funds to dump equity: IMA

... from the UK equity markets during the next three years. The report said the current 56% assets held by pension funds in equities is expected to fall as funds adopt asset allocation strategies more closely mirroring life insurance statutory funds, which ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2004
... the day's trading ahead, was 11 points higher at 3480 on a volume of 2614 contracts. On the domestic market Australian equities are agin expected to offer little direct guidance, although strong commodity prices overnight could boost resources stocks ...

Retail investment funds bounce back: Rainmaker

... headline percentage terms are hedge funds, boutique fund managers, discrete wholesale, ethical/SRI and international equities.