AUSTRALIAN EQUITIES
Funds management
The RBA's pre-emptive interest rate cut in October could be the first of many and give underlying support to the Australian equity market, according to Don Williams....
People & Products
Brett Chatfield has stepped down as Fidante's institutional business development manager (BDM) to take up the role of investment manager public markets at Cbus....
Funds management
Australian real estate investment trusts (A-REITs) returned 32.8 per cent over the year to 31 December 2012, outperforming all other growth in Russell Investments' latest...
People & Products
Elan Miller has been appointed senior portfolio manager of Pengana Capital's Australian Equities Market Neutral Fund....
People & Products
Former BlackRock equities specialist Jonathan Koh has been appointed to the role of investor at boutique Australian equity manager Greencape Capital....
Editorial
Declining interest rates and bond yields, coupled with investors’ thirst for income, means strategies around equity income are here to stay, according to Warwick Cumming....
Financial planning
Tyndall announces new hire ahead of more expansive approach in 2013....
Editorial
AMP Capital's Michael Price explains why retirees should consider Australian equities for their income needs....
Editorial
Schroders' Martin Conlon warns a decline in cash rates and a bond market pricing further cuts could signal the end of the dream run for Australian equities....
Financial planning
GBST has been retained by Sunsuper to provide after-tax performance benchmarking services for two of the fund's Australian equities mandates....
Financial planning
Most retail investors rely on themselves, their friends or family or the media for investment advice rather than seeking advice from a financial planner or stockbroker, a...
Editorial
Allan Gray Australia's Johan de Lange says investors should not be settling for less but demanding better returns from their fund managers....
Superannuation
Allocations to Australian equities by SMSF trustees did not keep pace with the strong performance of the share market in the September quarter, according to the latest Mu...
Superannuation
Many SMSFs appear to have missed the pick-up in equities returns....
Funds management
If the ASX continues to concentrate around mining and resources, it could hurt the allocation to Aussie equities by super funds, according to ASFA's Gordon Noble....
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