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HFA promotes new investment manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
... portfolio, sourcing Asia-Pacific hedge fund managers, developing new funds and driving positive HFA ratings from the research and ratings houses. "In his previous role as Senior Investment Analyst Darren has gained tremendous experience in the management ...

Super choice Budget boost

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... markets through the creation of a dedicated investment fund that reserves earnings payments for the higher education and research sector. A crucially significant super choice initiative, however, pointed out the Greenfields specialist financial services ...

Elite investing strategies ready for download

It's not available in Australia just yet but in the US, a new research company is offering mum-and-dad investors and financial planners access to data that reveals the investment secrets of high net worth investors. Robert Huebscher, the founder of ...

Insurance made easier for associations and clubs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... issuer or distributor, ASIC believes strict compliance may be disproportionately burdensome," said director of policy and research, Mark Adams. Such strict compliance costs were especially difficult to maintain when the group purchasing bodies were small ...

It's all about value and risk: Tyndall

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
Stock picking opportunities are less apparent in the current market environment, meaning investors should be focusing on finding value and managing risk, according to Tyndall's head of retail, Craig Hobart. Hobart said the current Australian equities ...

IFM bolsters infrastructure team

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... the evaluation, execution and management of infrastructure investments. His work at BHP Billiton involved industrial research and development, oil and gas exploration, field development engineering and planning, and strategy development and execution ...

ASFA develops standardised super fund data forms

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... templated spreadsheets, similar to how managed funds data forms operate. "At the moment we're seeking feedback from the research agencies to see that [the spreadsheets] are adequate & and we've sought feedback from our members too," Whittaker said. The ...

ASX200 option for legalsuper

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2007
... will also provide members with some reference material to help inform their decisions. "legalsuper is also providing research material on individual ASX200 stocks and the market more generally, via our website, recognising that members using the ASX200 ...

Carbon trading gets competitive hedge

... due course join in and establish their own carbon markets, as is widely anticipated," said Thomas Della Casa, head of research for Man Investments. He said that hedge funds have either introduced or are already working on new investment strategies including ...

Innovation index ranks finance and insurance second

... The index was the outcome of a joint study by IBM Australia and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, Melbourne University, which looked at the level of innovation across 13 industry categories over a 15 year period, from 1990 ...