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Politicking befogs equities: AMP Capital

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... impact thought [sic] a diverse set of investment drivers. "It should dynamically view forward return expectations in the context of downside risk potential at each point of time." Ultimately, the driver for deriving profit from equities will be a function ...

ASIC calls for kill-switch

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... Jenkins, head of business development at Fidessa however told Financial Standard the Knight example had to be taken in the context of the local market. "It's a massive failure but fundamentally Knight was one of the first to sign up to the program to ...

AGEST bungles returns

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... credited by around 200 basis points. While obviously an issue, Bowtell said that the mistake needed to be assessed in the context of otherwise good returns - with the Australian equities portfolio only revised down by 2%. "In the context of the growth ...

Wilson HTM appoints new head of private wealth

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... division's reach. "Obviously Brad is a highly credentialed and experienced guy with a unique perspective that comes in the context of his work across both leading Australian and global investment houses," said Andrew Coppin, Wilson HTM's managing director. ...

Advisers told to rethink growth asset allocations

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... of going from a very high deficit of $20bn to a surplus in one year," Dorrian said. The public austerity comes in the context of relatively low corporate profitability and should prompt a re-think of allocation, said Dorrian, citing underperformance ...

UniSuper owns 5pc of Gunns

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... significant changes recently at both board and management level at Gunns, so we'll be discussing this impact with them in the context of their ESG assessment. We are acutely aware of Gunn's poor historical track record in virtually all forms of governance." ...

StatewideSuper appoints JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... versus the benchmark's minus 3 per cent. Over 10 years, it gained 2.9 per cent versus the index's 4.7 per cent. To put into context, the last few years marked a time when many super funds had to write down the value of their unlisted assets, although ...

Fiduciary duty goes beyond APLs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... should be recommended to their client. "[External research houses] should really be used as in an 'outside consulting' context... they should really only be used as a screening tool and information gathering tool," she said. Borland and her fellow panelist ...

AustralianSuper pours $200m into Northcape Capital

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... AustralianSuper, said the investment highlighted AustralianSuper's confidence in the Australian small-caps market in the context of expected growth in company earnings. "An improved outlook for the global economy means we expect to see continued Australian ...

Gen insurance posts 61pc fall in NPAT

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... member John Trowbridge said the fall in the industry's average capital coverage was "not material" if set against the context of the GFC. He said the industry's average capital coverage is still well above the minimum coverage required by APRA for individual ...