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Diversify risk, not assets

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... risks," said Tarditi. With economic uncertainty continuing to bombard the market, Tarditi warns that diversification is a huge factor to implement to lessen the chances of a portfolio suffering from various forms of risks. "Compared to a decade ago ...

IFSA and Deloitte launch Future Leaders award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... financial services sector today faced the fallout of the GFC, working through issues of underinsurance, and how to deal with the huge savings gap issue that they and their children will have to pay for, if society does not deal with it quickly. "Too ...

Wall Street's $22bn bitter pill

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... billion, with the average securities employee cheque was more than $215,269 for the year's work. "For most Americans, these huge bonuses are a bitter pill and hard to comprehend. There's a lot of resentment against the industry over its role in the global ...

Asia unseats South Africa in gold race

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... prices, arguably to new record highs, said GFMS. Investor demand will come amid fears of a double dip recession, continuing huge government deficits, very loose monetary policy and a belief that "...notable, if not runaway, inflation is set to return" ...

No easy gains in Indian equities: Pereira

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... market in the world behind Russia and Brazil with the Sensex Index returning 80 per cent for the year. "The market has had a huge run during 2009 and while we still think there will be opportunities in 2010 it will be more of a stockpicker's environment," ...

Johnson Report maps out new world order

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... According to IFSA, the financial services sector accounts for 7.5 per cent of Australia's GDP and employs 390,000 people, a huge portion of the country's working population.

BTIM wins $450m into 130/30 fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... strategy has also appealed to investors. The total post-fee returns for the one year period was 23.56 per cent to September - a huge leap from the benchmark return's 8.34 per cent. "We've closed the fund [to institutional investors] in the space of five ...

Future Fund to grow investments team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... of highly skilled people who have strategies in place and the flexibility to explore dislocation. The opportunity set is huge," he said. While pickings are slim in these alternative markets, Neal said the fund found attractive investments in credit during ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... decision. Australia's political dramas had had no impact on the market, Mr Taylor said. Investors also were nonplussed by a huge fall on the Abu Dhabi bourse on Monday, given Australian companies exposed to Dubai - construction firms and banks - had ...

Hunter Hall regains lost ground

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... with what we've got," he said. "We're not focused on growing our funds, we're focussed on getting returns. For me, it's a huge responsibility to get the money back that's been lost." While keeping an eye on returns, Hall is also focused on the broader ...