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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... and other anti-deflation measures which lifted the euro, US Treasuries, and equities. This has helped give Australian equities a boost on Friday morning, IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said. "The main sector to benefit from this is the banks. ...

Australian investors prepare for market sell-off

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... traded products (ETPs) show. According to BetaShares' data, the average daily value traded of the BetaShares Australian Equities Bear Hedge Fund (ASX Code "BEAR") has increased by 40% in the last month. The BEAR fund trades on the ASX and is designed ...

MLC awards $1 billion Aussie equities mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... Investment Management, which will manage the strategy within MLC's Horizon 2 - 7 and Inflation Plus portfolios. MLC Australian equities portfolio manager Peter Sumner said that Redpoint was awarded the mandate "because of the quality and considerable ...

FEATURE: Managing SMSF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). SMSFs too follow this trend and have Australian equities as their primary asset class, followed by cash. "Cash and direct Australian equities (three quarters of SMSF trustees access ...

ECP Asset Management expands to Sydney

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
Boutique Australian equities manager, ECP Asset Management, has announced that it has established its national office in Sydney. ECP, which launched less than 12 months ago, has also appointed Andrew Dale to the investment team as a portfolio manager ...

CFS launches range of SMAs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... equity, which has 99% allocation to equities and 1% to cash. The most conservative, meanwhile, has 11% in Australian equities, 9% in international equities, 5% in property securities, 28% in Australian fixed interest, and 15% in international fixed i ...

Australian investors 'conservative and pessimistic': Legg Mason

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... believe the future generation will face a more difficult environment, compared to 46% globally. Legg Mason Australian Equities chief investment officer Reece Birtles said: "Australian seem quite insecure in terms of how well they think they're doing ...

New fund to give retail investors access to volatility index

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... option in Australia." McIntyre said that investing in the fund could be "an attractive third option after Australian equities and cash." But he admitted that explaining the product will be an "educational challenge," given the fact that trading volatility ...

Future Fund and super returns on par

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... the past 12 months while private equity and infrastructure exposure increased from 13% to 16%. Exposure to Australian equities, property securities, fixed and cash in contrast all fell as did exposure to absolute return funds that reduced from 13% to ...

Catholic Super seeds new AllianceBernstein fund

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
Catholic Super has become the first investor in a new actively-managed AllianceBernstein Australian equities investment fund which aims to help investors in or near retirement. The Fund will form part of diversified investment options available to Catholic ...