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Great Southern investors fight back

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... provided by these organisations are void or unenforceable. They are also seeking damages to recover amounts of principal and interest already paid to those financiers for loans made for entry into the agribusiness managed investment schemes. In addition ...

Investec eyes SMSF market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Investec Asset Management's local managing director, Mark Samuelson, has outlined plans to target the self managed super fund (SMSF) market and flagged launching more strategies if proposed tax changes occur. The firm's assets under management rose ...

Lonsec names income sector's best

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... five funds receiving a 'highly recommended' rating, which include UBS Australian Bond fund, Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest fund and the EQT PIMCO Global Bond fund. The Schroder Fixed Income fund W Class and Goldman Sachs JBWere Core Plus Australian ...

Western Asset seeks ops in volatile markets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... securities, it also has the ability to be short duration, with a range of +/- 10 years, to maximise returns regardless of the interest rate outlook. The target return is USD 8-10 per cent p.a. over three years with a target volatility of 8-10 per cent ...

J.P. Morgan strengthens local derivatives hub

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... and New Zealand, said the firm's clients already use the firm to process over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives including interest rate swaps, credit default swaps and inflation swaps. However, this processing system will provide greater transparency and ...

US consumers to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... reacting now. And if this isn't enough, the rest of the G-20 would be there to lend a helping hand for it's in their best interest. Not scared enough. The bears found a friend in the renewed sabre-rattling in the Korean Peninsula. Too bad for Asia - ...

City Super appoints Gibson as CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... advice and improved operations. After leaving ESI Super, Gibson travelled and worked in Cambodia where she pursued her interest in micro-finance and provided management guidance to a school for disabled youth. Ron Curtis, chair of City Super said, "Considering ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... ablaze. But he needs to justify his sojourn to Beijing somehow. The point here is that with China acting in its own best interest, it might be able to counterbalance the dampening repercussion of the European crisis. For those worried about a Chinese ...

Cuffe charity fund tilts to growth assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... Cuffe said the fund is aggressively positioned with 85 per cent invested in growth assets and the rest in cash and fixed interest. The fund's default asset allocation is 70 per cent in growth and 30 per cent in defensive assets. He said he had allocated ...

Dixon to list corporate bond funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... shares and can be volatile," he said. "Corporate bonds, on the other hand, are debt instruments much more akin to fixed interest and they can be a useful investment to hold in a diversified portfolio." MacLachlan said if the listings are successful then ...