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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open lower on Wednesday following a negative lead from the US and weaker commodity prices. At 0709 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 62 points lower at 3,682. In ...

Pengana Asian Equities up 20pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
Pengana's Asian Equities Long Short fund gained 22.5 per cent, net of fees, in the year to June against its benchmark's loss of 6.1 per cent - proof that even in the worst of times, fund managers that make the smart calls can deliver. Not many fund ...

Focus on quality: T. Rowe Price

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
While the worst of the liquidity crisis seems to be behind us, one fund manager focuses on "quality" stocks even as latest market data shows that some investors are rotating out of the defensive sector too soon and too fast. Rob Gensler, portfolio manager ...

Flawed fund analysis demands new metric: Study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
Flawed super fund performance analysis leading to a type of market failure necessitates development of a new 'whole of fund' metric that investors can use to better compare super funds, argue APRA analysts in a recently released research paper. "Publication ...

Lost decade redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
Sales of Bud (Budweiser) would have picked up during the weekend's 4th of July holiday in the US. Half would have downed the 'Great American Lager' in celebration of the June quarter surge on the Street. The other half - those looking at the week's ...

FPA extends free online advice service

FPA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
The Financial Planning Association's (FPA) Ask an Expert online advice service will be available until the end of this month. The initiative was launched last month as part of FPA's Financial Planning Week. Volunteer advisers are on hand to answer basic ...

Lonsec rates Ashton-Paulson funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
Lonsec awarded three Ashton Advisers-Paulson & Co funds a 'recommended' rating. The Ashton-Paulson Recovery fund, Ashton-Paulson Credit Opportunities fund and the Ashton-Paulson Event Driven fund all received the Lonsec rating. Although the funds have ...

Shift to altern assets fuel valuation concerns: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
Rising levels of alternative assets has exacerbated concerns over valuation policies for unlisted assets, according to APRA's latest Insight report. The biggest problem for the regulator is fund reporting cycles being much more frequent than asset valuation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open significantly lower after heavy falls on Wall Street and European markets. Oil and base metal prices also plummeted, likely to spark falls in local resources stocks. At 0715 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Media Super names CIO

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
Media Super has appointed Jon Glass in the newly created role of chief investment officer. The appointment coincides with the fund's first year anniversary following the merger of JUST Super and Print Super in May last year. The fund continues on an ...