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REST Super taps Asia directly

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... asset consultants from Jana Investment Advisers (the fund's consultant), have made a visit to Asia to establish an on-the-ground gauge of the region's economic growth. Following that, REST Super appointed a $25 million direct Asian equities mandate with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... McAfee surged 57.1 per cent to $47.01, while Intel dipped 3.5 per cent to $18.90. Energy and materials shares also lost ground as the price of oil fell while metal prices dipped as investors worried about demand after the weak US data. On the New York ...

Converting to convertible bonds

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... during the credit crisis because of the lower grade characteristics of many, but not all issuers, requiring thorough on-the-ground research to understand cash flows." said Douglas Johnson, chief executive of Codexa. "Australian investors with US$ mandates ...

AMP Capital launches global infra fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... fund will be headed up by Craig Noble and managed internationally from Hong Kong, Sydney, London and Chicago where on the ground teams are expected to remain abreast of local infrastructure developments. "The fund delivers retail investors portfolio ...

Fees4Service targets transitioning advisers

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
The Encore Group, Leading Minds Academy, CVM Systems, ili, and REMeX have banded together to launch Fees4Service - a consulting service targeting advisers transitioning to a fee-for-service model. The five firms have launched the service to provide ...

Waiting to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... wishing and praying that the Fed would announce some sort of stimulus to rev up growth and take the economy into higher ground. It can't bring down the fed funds rate. At 0-0.25 percent, it's already down on the ground. But the Fed can nudge down interest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... Tuesday, Australian stocks posted their strongest close in six weeks, led by gains among mining stocks and despite giving up ground amid weak retail sales data. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended up 30 points, or 0.66 per cent, at 4,571.6 points, while ...

Stress test stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... website for which I wholeheartedly agree: "A seminal hour in a nation's history - one debate and one debate only. The country ground to a standstill as the excitement and anticipation of the drama of a winner-takes-all punch-up mounted. This was to be ...

INGIM global emerging markets fund under new team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... emerging markets equities and debt offerings. What is unclear is how successful INGIM will be in exploiting its on-the-ground presence within emerging markets to service and improve performance within its strategy," said Nathan Bode, analyst at S&P Fund ...

The octopus on fees versus commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
An iPhone app based on Paul the Octopus is undecided whether adviser remuneration should tilt towards fee for service rather than stay with commissions as the default payment method. The Ask Octopus app was developed in Brazil by uTouchLabs and is available ...