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Currency cushions GFC hangover

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... when constructing its investment strategy. This includes currency momentum, where the manager predicts the movement of the Aussie dollar. "Last year that worked very well," said Bracken. Another factor is the correlation between the currency and equity ...

Perennial and Hyperion sign UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
Home grown boutique fund managers Perennial Investment Partners and Hyperion Asset Management have become the latest Aussie signatories of the UN PRI. According to Perennial chief executive Anthony Patterson, the fund manager had taken an interest in ...

Praemium teams up with BNP Paribas

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
Aussie tech firm Praemium is poised to shake up the discretionary market in the UK when it teamed up with BNP Paribas to create a discretionary and platform service there. ASX listed Praemium partnered with BNP Paribas to target advisers and wealth ...

Strike equities now: JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... at the end of September, said it is advising its clients to reenter the Australian and international shares markets as Aussie equities are "particularly cheap" now. "We're increasing our Australian equities but we're going slowly. "Overseas equities ...

Planners tune in to ETFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
Over the next decade, exchange traded funds (ETFs) could put management fees of many Aussie fund managers under pressure - marking ETFs as the next boom market for fee-for-service planners. Bruce Baker, director of Queensland-based Puzzle Financial ...

Insurance bonds renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... we've found is that a lot of the more refreshed products have a whole range of specialist investment options whether it's Aussie shares specifically, or you can have a manager approach in the asset class or invest in small caps," said Klipin. As a result ...

Legalsuper members favour Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... while stocks are down, according to legalsuper chief executive Andrew Proebstl. Legalsuper members' heightened interest in Aussie equities reflects similar sentiment across the investment industry, including fund managers and asset consultants. Yesterday ...

Janus banks on maths for success

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... cent maximum at purchase and five per cent at market and a 500 million Euro minimum market cap. Landau pointed out that Aussie investors have traditionally favoured Janus' global strategies over regional ones, but the launch of the product indicated ...

Bumper year for the faithful: Fidelity

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Fund manager Fidelity makes a line call and names 2009 as a vintage year for buying Aussie shares. Taylor believes the New Year will represent "fantastic opportunities" to buy into the Aussie equities arena. "We're going to go through what's going to ...

Aussie tech providers score overseas deals

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
Australian based wealth management administration providers Bravura and Praemium have scored international deals that will see the firms export their services to Vietnam and the UK respectively. Bravura signed a $5.8 million agreement with one of Vietnam's ...