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Capital protected products gain popularity

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
An increasing number of fund managers are introducing capital protection to their products, with one of the early providers enjoying a 50 per cent spike in new applications month-on-month. One good example is AXA's North capital protection product - ...

Thumbs down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Fizzler. This is the equity market's verdict on US President Barack Obama's latest salvo on preserving the 'American Dream'. If the Dow's overnight fall to a six-year low is anything to go by, yesterday's unveiling of the US$275 billion Homeowner Affordability ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
The Australian share market has received a strongly negative lead from Wall Street securities trading, although precious metals were up. Copper and oil were down. At 0710 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 67 points ...

Boutiques wary of automated systems

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
Most players in the funds management industry acknowledge that the automation of managed funds trading would boost their business - but boutiques are still sitting on the fence with jumping on board. According to Tim Hamer, commercial manager, funds ...

John Kavanagh joins Financial Standard

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
Former BRW Sydney editor John Kavanagh joins Financial Standard's editorial team. Kavanagh, a freelance journalist who writes for the Sydney Morning Herald and online finance newsletter www.thesheet.com, will join Financial Standard as contributor. ...

Darkest before dawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
Well now, there we have it. If the January effect holds, US equity investors and the rest of us should all go on vacation and come back next year. The January effect postulates that the US stock market's performance for the entire month of January predicts ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
Roll out the money-making machine. The US economic and financial situation continues to burn while the politicians fiddle. In spite of the goodwill that Barack Obama took with him to the Oval office and the fact that he has already etched a 'game plan' ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
The Australian stock market may gain after US equities and commodity prices rose on Friday. At 0735 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March Share Price Index futures contract was up ten points at 3,534. In economic news, the Australian Bureau ...

FMs predict comeback by 2012

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
A Watson Wyatt survey of global fund managers representing more than $14 trillion found most respondents expect stock markets to return to historical levels by 2012. The global survey, conducted last month, also found sentiment on this year's market ...

FMs back a winner 50pc of the time

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
Only half the investment decisions equity fund managers make add value, Inalytics research found. According to research across 215 long only equity portfolios, a 'good' fund manager generates a 51 per cent 'hit-rate', which is one per cent better than ...