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Small caps and Asia on Auscoal radar

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... cross-sectional volatility opens the door for the fund's active managers to add alpha to their returns. "The economic downturn post the GFC has highlighted the resilience of the Asian ex-Japan economies and opportunity to allocate to specialist managers ...

Rio Tinto Super explores alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... asset investments. "The Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund has maintained a high level of liquid investments through the GFC and is well placed to invest in less liquid investments that may become available at attractive prices over the immediate future. ...

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... respectively. OK, ok. I hear you, but these have all been priced into stock market valuations? Maybe. Maybe not! Remember pre-GFC? Those were the days when everyone and his dog factored in good times forever. This is not the case today. We still hear ...

Global funds lose $20trn to GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
The global financial crisis wiped out nearly $20 trillion from the assets of the world's top 500 fund managers, new research found. Funds managed by the world's largest 500 fund managers fell by over 23 per cent last year to US$53.4 trillion ($60 trillion) ...

Christmas comes early for job seekers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... take on more staff in the lead up to Christmas. Planners and fund managers who faced the axe this time last year due to the GFC can take heart that employers are once again opening their doors to new employees, even as the calendar year end approaches. ...

Europe fails at fee disclosure

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... Europe. Fee transparency has been a hotly contested topic in Australia, particularly as investors aim to cut cost following the GFC, and fund managers are now increasingly faced with the challenge of unbundling and laying bare the different costs charged ...

AXA announces Value of Advice winners

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... that running a good business was more than just about winning awards. Planwell saw its risk business improve throughout the GFC as its advisers met the needs of clients who wanted added protection from the market fallout. And while investment dollars ...

CEOs pay steady despite GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
... steady in 2008 - a sign CEO salaries, including those of financial services firms, came out relatively unscathed from the GFC. As the global financial crisis began in 2008 the average Top 100 company CEO in Australia saw their base pay increase 6.2 percent ...

SMSFs snap up blue chip shares

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... in blue chip stocks, which made up 43 per cent of shares purchased. This is in contrast to 30 per cent two years ago, pre GFC. Meanwhile small caps have received lower interest from investors, now sitting at 6 per cent versus 12 per cent two years ago. ...

The long and short of bulls and bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... February and outperformed by 21 per cent. I retorted that sure debt remains excessive but they have been so even years before pre-GFC. But we still had bull markets. Debt has not been able to go back to sustainable levels because each time a recession ...