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The Cambridge Strategy appoints currency expert

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... next year. Prior to joining The Cambridge Strategy, Edstein was a senior portfolio manager for Red Centre Capital, an Asian Macro Fund. From 1995 to 2005, she worked for HSBC in Hong Kong in various roles including senior proprietary trader, trading ...

Grow returns with timber

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
Swiss private bank Pictet is launching an investment fund that not only exposes investors to potential long term returns from the timber industry but could also aid efforts to reduce global carbon emissions. The firm's PF(LUX) - Timber Fund invests ...

SWFs finalise principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are finalising a set of voluntary principles which aim to shed some light on the investment activities of the sector. Speaking at a Ministry of Finance of Chile conference, John ...

Hedge funds to beat

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... Finalist Fortitude Capital Absolute Returns Trust Finalist BGI Total Return - Australian Equity Market Neutral Best Global Macro/Futures Fund Winner Kaiser Trading Fund SPC Finalist Apeiron Global Macro Fund Finalist BlackRock Asset Allocation Alpha ...

Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
This Week's Market Movers (25 - 29 Aug 2008) Last week's economic releases continued the common theme of global weakness and elevated inflation. Financial market activity were once again volatile as thin trading volumes exaggerated downward moves in ...

Wage bill to drive pension growth: WW

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... mandatory employer pension contributions by roughly $2.30 to $7.30 each week. Although the changes are a positive move, Paul Macro, Watson Wyatt senior consultant, said the real issue is encouraging 21 year olds to opt in and remain in a pension. "The ...

More Fed pump-priming

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
The Australian equity market should continue its positive performance today while bond yields should pick up if Wall Street's overnight performance is anything to go by. Wall Street closed higher overnight as an unexpectedly strong US employment report ...

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... With crude oil and food prices still marching higher, inflation pressures in these economies will remain elevated. Overall, macro indicators due out for release this week are not expected to deviate greatly from the current global theme of slowing growth ...

Ex-TGM chief economist moves to QIC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... Matthew Peter to chief economist. Prior to this appointment, Peter was director of investment strategy at specialist global macro manager, Tactical Global Management (TGM). Peter replaces the firm's former senior economist, Beverley Morris, who is on ...

This Week's Market Movers (7-11 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... current US economy and the value of US dollar. His comments will be dissected for clues on the Fed's thinking on short-term macro economic trends. Japan Machinery Orders (May). Machinery orders, in particular core machinery orders, is considered one ...