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Vow names new chief

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... position. Former roles include marketing and sales related positions at Macquarie Bank, L. J. Hookers Home Loans, Suncorp, Aussie Home Loans and AVCO (now GE Finance). Departing chief executive Zulman has been in the role for 18 months, during which ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
Uncle Sam and his citizens celebrate the day of thanks today. They have much to be thankful for -- they have had bountiful harvest, there's US$600 billion of it coming their way. But not only that, their economy has come back to life after the mid-year ...

Instreet appoints Brant to its board

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... customised investments that's been increasingly abandoned by investment banks. In October, the group launched a geared Aussie equity product tailored for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and retail investors.

NAB Super restructures alternatives portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... spectrum, the fund reduced its Australian equities exposure in favour of international equities. In the balanced option, Aussie equities received a 3 per cent allocation cut for global shares.

iShares unveils four Aussie ETFs

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
iShares will launch four new Australian ETFs as the firm hopes to cash in on increasing investor demand for exchange traded funds. These ETFs include the iShares MSCI Australia 200, which will aim to track the performance of the MSCI Australia 200 Index ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... casualties in Afghanistan have prompted calls to bring our troops home, businesses shot, maimed and killed by the expensive Aussie currency would demand action. "Ask not for whom the bells toll, it tolls for thee." -Keats

Future Fund adjusts long term asset allocation strategy

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... exposures, cash holdings rose from 13.1 per cent to 18.5 per cent of the portfolio over the quarter, as a result of the surging Aussie dollar. Correction. An earlier version of this article carried incorrect long term asset allocation percentages. It ...

The Cup, the RBA and the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... for imports cheaper. The way our trading partners are hard at work racing to debase their respective currencies, expect Aussie strength to remain. This would make our exports more expensive in the international markets and increase our trade deficit. ...

Rare opportunities in US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... twice what is on offer domestically and three times the 10 year US treasury yield. Meanwhile, the combination of a rising Aussie dollar and a soft US housing market means that from an Australian perspective, the bargains may never be as good. In contrast ...

Rising tide lifts hedge funds in September

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... hedge funds registered a 3 per cent gain in September, below the ASX200, which added 4.06 per cent. Year to date, however, Aussie hedge funds were up 3.2 per cent compared to a 5.9 per cent decline in the benchmark index, and in a rolling 12-month period ...