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Trustee survey reveals top asset classes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
Infrastructure, private equity and commodities are going to be the most preferred asset classes this year, according to a trustee survey released this week. According to a Centre for Investor Education survey of 30 industry fund trustees and retirement ...

End 'set and forget' strategy: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... recommended using caution in Australian equities, global equities and listed property trusts, while favouring property and commodities. Since then van Eyk has released a report that recommended financial planners assess their fixed income exposure and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... market is expected to open higher after US shares gained on Friday. Resource stocks may decline after the price of commodities, including gold, oil and copper, fell late on Friday. At 0806 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... consuming nation, the United States. Copper, the benchmark industrial metal, lost 8.5 cents to $US1.4695 in New York. "Commodities are now seeing the brunt of the economic slowdown," Ms Spencer said. "We now have the combination of lower commodity prices ...

Instreet funds gain second platform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
Instreet's Reliance Commodities and Reliance Global Allocation fund have been added to the BT Wrap platform. Both funds are already available on the Macquarie Wrap platform. The Instreet Reliance Commodities fund received a 'recommended' rating and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... company said on Thursday that it was better placed than any other major miner to withstand the global financial and commodities markets turmoil. BHP's rival, Rio Tinto, was in the green after a heavy slump yesterday on the back of BHP abandoning its ...

Investors gain precious metal alternative

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
Platinum, palladium and silver are all at investor's fingertips after London based exchange traded commodities (ETC) provider, ETF Securities launched four precious metal ETCs on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The firm's ETC suite includes ...

Long-only turmoil pushes investors to hedge funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... continue cutting its exposure to equities to free cash to invest in alternatives such as hedge funds, private equity, commodities and property - in spite of the abject failure of many of these asset classes to provide much-vaunted '"uncorrelated returns'." ...

Thumbs up for high conviction: van Eyk

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... conditions that characterised the past three years, the review found. Critical sector calls had been to overweight commodities and underweight financials, said Douglas. "The systematic sell-down across equities markets has created opportunities for well ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... European markets were weak," he said. "We've been down sharply for two days so it is a bit of ongoing volatility." Weaker commodities overnight pulled down local resource companies. At 1213 AEDT, Rio Tinto was down $7.95, or 10.05 per cent, to $71.09 ...