S&P Withdraws Rating On ING Global Equity Opportunities Fund At Manager's Request

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today withdrew its ratings on the ING Global Equity Opportunities Fund at the request of the manager, ING Investment Management Ltd. x This follows the

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UBS Australian Small Companies Fund Remains 'On Hold'

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today stated that the UBS Australian Small Companies fund remains ‘On Hold’ following UBS’s confirmation that two members of its three-person Australian-equities small-cap team—Jeremy Bendeich

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Lonsec releases its Small Cap Australian Equity Sector Review

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Lonsec’s review of the Large Cap Australian Equity Fund sector encompassed 36 active funds across traditional small cap, mid cap and micro cap funds. Lin Ngin, Senior Investment Analyst responsible

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Strong balance sheets fuel dividend growth, Russell says

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Australian dividends increase 6.4% Dividend yields rival term deposits Dividends are on the rise with the average dividend across the equity market growing 6.4% over the last six months, according

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Aussie equities underperform global peers

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Sharemarket Insights The Australian sharemarket has significantly underperformed other major overseas markets this financial year. Some of the factors that have led to this under-performance include higher domestic interest rates,

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Insync FM Sees 2011 as a good time to buy global shares

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Why International Equities Now? International equity fund manager, Insync Funds Management, believes that now is the time to buy global stocks. “Over the last ten years large cap global shares

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Household wealth levels nears 3-year high; Company cash holdings at a 11-year high

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Financial accounts The financial wealth of Australians rose in the December quarter – largely due to 4.5 per cent rise in equity markets. Net financial assets of households rose by

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Australia’s millionaires lose their appetite for growth but gain a healthy hunger for advice

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Over half of Australia’s 310,000 millionaires want more financial advice, and are prepared to pay for it, according to the latest Centric Wealth / Investment Trends High Net Worth Investor

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What to look for now in global equities

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As the world keeps changing, so does the way you should look for investment opportunities around the globe. You do not always have to invest directly in emerging markets to

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What’s the most important aspect of equities to analyse?

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Think of Apple’s success and you credit the genius of Steve Jobs. Microsoft’s founder was the just-as-talented Bill Gates. News Corporation wouldn’t be what it is today without Rupert Murdoch.

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