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IFM picks up $100m HOSTPLUS mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
Industry Funds Management's active Australian equities strategy has received a $100 million mandate from superannuation fund HOSTPLUS. The fund allocation builds on an existing $30 million mandate from two years ago. Industry Funds Management (IFM) ...

Former Liberal leader named Equiti Capital chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
Equiti Capital has announced former Federal MP and Opposition leader, Dr John Hewson AM, as its new chair. Opposition leader from April 1990 to May 1994 for the Liberal party, Hewson was formerly an economist for the Australian Treasury (Census and ...

Fund managers beat the index but only just

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
The average fund manager has outperformed Australian equity markets in the past year, but fees put their returns behind the index, research house Mercer said yesterday. After a difficult three months of trade, Mercer's sector survey for July found that ...

SMSFs exposed in related party transactions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
Self-managed super funds can buy property from related parties but they are better off paying market rates and behaving as if at arm's length, a superannuation legal expert has said. Maria Siu, special counsel on Superannuation for Townsends Business ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
Ahhh, finally some peace. Given Wall Street's straight gains over these past three trading days, many could be forgiven for wondering what just happened last week. Fear now, search for explanations later - that's what happened last week. For despite ...

Advisers prep for 'back-to-basics' investing

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
A return to safe investments and investor aversion to risk is predicted following recent market fluctuations, but advisers are firm that strong planning principles remain the same. Perpetual Private Wealth has predicted a return to 'back-to-basics' ...

Russell brings out toolkit against volatility

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
Market volatility has lead to the launch of an online toolkit, to help investors and advisers learn from current markets and adapt to changes. Russell's Volatility Toolkit is free for anyone to access and provides daily perspectives on changes in capital ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
The Australian dollar was nearly one US cent higher on Monday morning, as the dust settled after last week's wild ride. At 0700 AEST on Monday, the Australian dollar was trading at 103.68 US cents, up from 102.80 US cents on Friday. Since 1700 AEST ...

Trading volatility can protect portfolio from big swings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
Volatility products can be successfully used to protect a portfolio against the turmoil striking international share markets, a top executive from the Chicago Board Options Exchange said yesterday. Volatility as measured by the CBOE volatility index ...

China demand for Australian resources to fall: JP Morgan

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
Chinese demand for Australian resources was likely to fall, investment bank JP Morgan said yesterday. Jing Ulrich, chair of global markets, China, for JP Morgan, said China had to contend with imbalances in its economy in the medium to long term. Speaking ...