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Treading on treacherous territory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
September is upon us! Yes, that single month of the year which historically has been statistically observed to be the cruellest for stock markets. Forget the "Great Crash" of October 1929 or "Black Monday" in October 1987, October's historical average ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
The Australian share market may fall a little further on Tuesday after equity markets around the world slumped overnight on concerns about heavy losses in Chinese stocks on Monday. At 0718 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price ...

Zurich's three-year health check spur mandate changes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Zurich Investment Management has made dramatic changes to its Managed Growth Fund following a major review conducted once every three years. The changes follow a review with Mercer, the firm's investment consultant, which occurs every three years. Kansas ...

Aviva provides automatic insurance in super

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Aviva is providing automatic life insurance cover to over 18,000 Business Super members. Business Super members only need $1,500 in superannuation savings to receive the automatic cover. No medical history or check is required. Around 9,700 members ...

... and unveils direct shares on platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
IOOF added direct shares functionality to the Pursuit Select platform. Nick Everingham, head of product and marketing at IOOF Portfolio Solutions, said adding direct share capability was one of the biggest addition to the platform the firm has made ...

All PE signs point to China

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Western private equity infrastructure will shrink by around 30 per cent over the next few years - but the rapid growth of the Chinese PE market continues to attract the attention of institutional investors globally. Asia now accounts for around one-third ...

Temasek seeks more Asian exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Australian fund managers with a focus on Asia should pay attention to the $160 billion Temasek Holdings, which recently flagged a new charter that would open its mandate book to more Asian and emerging markets fund managers. The Singaporean sovereign ...

CFS GAM hires short-term cash manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Colonial First State Global Asset Management hired former AMP Capital Investors senior portfolio manager, Martin Ross as portfolio manager in the short-term investments team. Ross previously worked as a senior portfolio manager - macro markets - fixed ...

SWFs no longer at arm's length

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Sovereign wealth funds will gradually switch from being passive investors to active shareholders, predicts Andrew Rozanov, head of Sovereign Advisory at State Street Global Markets. This year Rozanov co-authored a comprehensive State Street report looking ...

Day of silence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Big yawn! That's what Wall Street and European markets did overnight. Flat, flat, flat. Perhaps they took a one-day of silence to show respect for US Senator Edward Kennedy. Senator Ted passed away yesterday, aged 77. Or maybe they're just taking a ...