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Five Aus equities managers share $1bn in new mandates

BEN COLLINS | MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012

... investments at the fund, which has been underway for 18 months, he said. The new managers will be used to populate VicSuper's 'core plus satellite' investment structure. Currently around 60% of VicSuper's Australian equities are in the core, which is ...

It's just plain dumb

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012

... European Central Bank (ECB) cutting its 2012 growth forecast to minus 0.5% from minus 0.4% (predicted in September) and 2013 to plus 0.3% from plus 0.5%. All because of... optimism on a cliff deal. Yes Virginia, it's cliff here, cliff there, everywhere ...

Down, down interest rates are down

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012

Uncertainly certain RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012

... prevailed. And then I woke up. The Euro Stoxx-50's 1.3% rally became a mere 0.3% uptick at the close while the S&P 500 went from a plus 0.5% to a minus 0.5%. This is because the latest instalment of the ISM manufacturing survey did not live up to expectations. ...

Fed Investors Inc hires new Asia Pac CEO

STAFF JOURNALIST | FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012

... Australia-based investment management hub. The Melbourne office will focus on regional distribution of existing Federated strategies, plus the development of new products for Australia. Bingham will also lead efforts to identify opportunities throughout ...

Commodities boom over: UBS

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012

... developed economies struggle with deleveraging headwinds," he said. "Global industrial production, after sustaining a 5%-plus pace of growth for most of the 2003-2008 periods, is now weaker and more cyclical." Aluminum, nickel, zinc, natural gas, oil ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012

... Bank'c chief investment officer and chief economist, who has an Economics degree at Copenhagen University and has 25 years plus of experience in the field of proprietary trading and alternative investment. So when the Sydney Morning Herald quotes him ...

Multi-asset funds react to lack of diversification

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012

... the workforce. "Investors in this stage of the investment life cycle want some capital growth to at least meet inflation plus some longer term spending goals. But more importantly, they want lower volatility and far better protection on the downside ...

Giving thanks to thanksgiving

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012

... week. The S&P 500 index ended the last day of the trading week as it began - on the up and up - for a total weekly tally of plus 3.6%, the largest five-day gain since June, after losing 1.4% the week before and down 2.4% before that. To be sure, apart ...

CBUS investments in CMFEU sights

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012

... protests against the fund mirror similar calls last month against the Future Fund to selldown its tobacco stock holdings, plus media scrutiny against UniSuper in December last year following concerns at the time their defined benefit component was facing ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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