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Hatfield leaves Pengana

High profile hedge fund advocate Damien Hatfield has left his role as head of Pengana's hedge fund distribution to set up his own hedge fund research business. Last September Hatfield reportedly sold his 15,000 shares in Pengana Managers weeks after ...

Index funds basking in the glow of 6,000

With the S&P/ASX300 Index zooming past 6,000 points last week, investors in index funds can look back at another year of exceptional passive returns. According to Rainmaker Data, the top 10 index funds last year achieved an average return of 24 per ...

PIMCO creates new head of consultant relations role

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
PIMCO has created a new position of head of consultant relations in anticipation of a sharp upswing in interest for defensive asset classes from asset consultants. Kaylee Garden has been promoted to the newly created role of head of consultant relations ...

Interest rates on the way down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
Two of three leading economists told the 450 people attending today's Financial Standard Economic Forum they expect interest rates to fall this year while another said it was a national scandal Australia's productivity growth had stalled. Saul Eslake ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open lower with little direction from Wall Street and softer base metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0806 AEDT, the March share price index contract was trading down six points at 5,730. On the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2007
The effect of higher interest rates over the last year has begun to have its impact on missed payments for lo-doc loans which are now approaching their highest level for about five years, according to Standard and Poor's research. These are now at 2.44 ...

GDI Property aiming for big returns from small portfolio

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
Direct property specialist manager GDI Property Group has acquired two new properties for its new GDI Total Return Fund while at the same time highlighting an increase in investor appetite for small value-add direct property portfolios. Tony Veale ...

Avoid excessive hedging: EQT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
While debates continue about what level of hedging is best, the point is that as investors push more money overseas due to local capacity constraints hedging strategies will become central, particularly as we increasingly distinguish between what drives ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
Australian stocks were still in positive territory by midday, buoyed by news that national airline Qantas has received a takeover approach. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 68.8 points higher at 5426.8, while the all ordinaries rose 65.3 ...

K2 is an absolute five star: S&P

A strong seven year track record has paid off for K2 Asset Management with its Australian absolute return fund receiving a five star rating from Standard & Poor's (S&P). The fund has posted an annualised return of 18.2 per cent since its inception in ...