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Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... real pressure and the banks are waning with it," IG market strategist Evan Lucas said. "I am surprised by how well the Aussie market has bucked the global trends of the last week and we are probably now starting to play catch-up by falling." Mining giant ...

MLC awards $1 billion Aussie equities mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
MLC has awarded a mandate of over $1 billion to an Australian shares index strategy. The NAB-owned company has awarded the mandate to Redpoint Investment Management, which will manage the strategy within MLC's Horizon 2 - 7 and Inflation Plus portfolios. ...

FEATURE: The alpha hunters

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... (and well-documented) portion SMSFs allocate to cash: 30%, according to Rainmaker. This paints a quantitative picture of Aussie investors as rather a traditional lot who will stick with what they know regardless of whether or not it is good for them ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... getting pretty hammered this morning but, given we are so heavily weighted towards the financials and materials sectors, the Aussie market should hold up relatively well today," he said. Jobseeker site SEEK, down 56 cents to $16.14, and online Real Estate ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... sectors of the local share market down. Dips in copper and gold prices have hurt resources stocks and, together with the Aussie dollar's rise to about 92 US cents, have hit local equities hard, Bell Direct equities analyst Julia Lee said. "Most of the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... markets with them," Mr Esho said. "Commodities are still quite sluggish, and I think that will weigh on the market. "On the Aussie market, it's time to play it a bit safe." Metals companies were the worst performers, and most sectors were lower. Newcrest ...

Aussie shares out of favour as managed fund investors go global

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... global equities to an increasing concern over domestic growth, to the investors' will to take advantage of the falling Aussie dollar and to the outperformance of global equities over their domestic counterparts "This signals a lack of confidence among ...

Allan Gray Aussie fund listed on six platforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
The Allan Gray Australia Opportunity Fund doubled in size during 2013 and is available for advisers through six wrap platforms. The fund was listed on Asgard, BT Wrap, Colonial First Wrap, Macquarie Wrap and netwealth. The Australia Opportunity Fund ...

Compliance costs Aussie advisers $15k versus global peers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
The extra time Australian advisers spend on administration and compliance compared to global advisers is costing them more than $15,000 a year, according to research by CoreData. Administration and compliance make up about 30% of Australian advisers' ...

A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... time, I typed that, "The A-dollar will inflict its maximum pain before it reaches US$1.70" in response to reports that the aussie "will reach $US1.30 by 2013 -- and $US1.70 by 2014". The reasons given also sounded reasonable (at the time). Time has caught ...