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Shaw grows business in shaky times

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
Shaw Stockbroking is defying the bear market by expanding its business and hiring staff from international investment powerhouses. Shaw managing director Harold Shapiro said the bear market has opened doors for key staff hire from international finance ...

Embracing derivatives: South Korea

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
The South Korean derivatives market is on the cusp of a major boom - but investors will have to overcome a lack of education and increased risk before cashing in on the revolution. According to the South Korean Retail Investment Market report by Celent ...

K2 hires Reddaway

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
K2 Asset Management has appointed Nick Reddaway as an international equities fund manager. Reddaway has a background in international markets and long-short funds, having previously worked in London with Blue Crest, Lazard Asset Management and Schroders. ...

QIC favours endowment funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
The $80 billion QIC has poured $570 million into US endowment-style fund manager Global Endowment Fund - marking QIC's continued interest in the sector. GEM, led by ex-Duke Endowment CIO Stephanie Lynch and former Duke University Management chief executive ...

QIC fixed interest bucks trend

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
Traditional absolute return funds often rely on their ability to manage physical securities - but the QIC Global Fixed Interest Fund is going against mainstream thinking by exploiting opportunities with no correlation to major asset classes. QIC, which ...

Who plays the PE game, wins

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
US funds with a high private equity exposure have come out tops of the investment returns league, new figures show. A recent survey by Northern Trust indicate that players with heavy diversification strategies, particularly those who favoured private ...

Till taxes do us part

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
Divorced couples unwary of CGT pitfalls could be in for a world of tax pain without professional financial advice, said Centric Wealth. Couples looking to untie the knot can often make the most out of the capital gains tax rollover relief, however they ...

What property bust?

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
The assumption that the property market is going to crash is a myth, said SG Hiscock & Company. Speaking last week at an EQT Trustees lunch, Stephen Hiscock, managing director of SG Hiscock & Co, has ruled out a recurrence of a property market crash ...

Telstra Super FP hires Coin

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
The $10 billion Telstra Super's financial planning arm has signed on Coin Software to be its software provider. Telstra Super Financial Planning's general manager, Steve Grinter, said the business required continual development of its existing Statement ...

ANZ Super cuts option costs by 40pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
The $2.3 billion ANZ Australian Staff Superannuation Scheme has overhauled its Australian and international equities portfolios to include the appointment of two new core managers and four satellite managers. According to an investment update on the ...