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Long-only turmoil pushes investors to hedge funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... hedge fund sector as they re-evaluate their strategies following the global market melt-down. Supporting Young's upbeat assessment for the sector, the Financial Times recently reported that "The [UK pension fund] industry intends to continue cutting ...

Health Super seeks CIO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... solutions to the Australian health and community services sectors. It has a AAA rating from Selecting Super's Quality Fund Assessment.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... consumers are reluctant to spend amid a shaky economy and a punishing stock market. The release of the Beige Book, the assessment of business conditions from the Federal Reserve, added to investors' angst. The report found that the economy continued ...

Hedge funds hit by shorting ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... per cent are. The survey found that individual comments from respondent managers were "extremely negative" in their assessment of the short selling ban. "AIMA Australia's view the short selling ban has not only created problems in the industry, but has ...

Game on for sustainability

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... Oulton, FTSE head of responsible investment, said many UK based investment managers use the FTSE4Good indices as an assessment and engagement tool. "A lot of managers use it to look for companies which are coming out of this index and when they come ...

Adam Smith hires portfolio manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... invest in well managed companies with positive free cash flow and scalable business models at prices well below its assessment of their longer term intrinsic value.

Tyndall finds value

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... the general rate of return over a three year period," said Craig Hobart, head of retail, Tyndall. This includes an assessment of around 120 companies in Tyndall's universe of Australian equities stocks. "Valuations are improving as market falls. [They] ...

DC pension risk reviews flawed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... Watson Wyatt research revealed less than one fifth of defined contribution (DC) pension schemes carried out a risk assessment in the last 12 months despite continued bad markets. Gary Smith, Watson Wyatt senior DC consultant, said this number of risk ...

Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... this month and keep the fed funds rate steady at 2.0 per cent, they expect the Fed to become more pessimistic over its assessment of the growth outlook for the economy. Data releases out of the US this week are expected to provide more indications of ...

Saropa signs on six cos

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... The Saropa product allows financial advisers to equip clients with a personal disaster recovery and underinsurance assessment service. The tech firm also has a relationship with CGU Insurance - which means advisers are able to earn fee income on any ...