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BlueMountain to post record returns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
US-based hedge fund BlueMountain Capital Management hopes its forecast 20 per cent plus returns, lower fees and new liquidity rules will appeal to local super funds allocating new money into alternative strategies. Hedge funds are a hard sell these ...

Refreshing pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... While many Australians were presumably working out the statistical combination to derive the six winning numbers of last night's A$50 million Oz Lotto draw, they had better chances of improving their financial fortunes by buying equity tickets yesterday. ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... per cent the previous month. The market recovered and headed north even now that US unemployment is at 9.4 per cent. Last night's fall on Wall Street should be taken as a positive in that it provides a reality check for authorities that it is too soon ...

Future lies in present

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... proven that the markets' 'animal spirits' could not be contained - unless of course we resurrect Chairman Mao. As sure as night follows day, the economic cycle will cycle. Get used to it. What is worrying is that markets are being called upon to do penance ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... marginally weaker at noon, weighed down by the resources sector on the back of lower commodity prices in London on Friday night. At 1203 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 5.4 points, or 0.13 per cent, at 4,056.8, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... direction, just a continuation of the recent trend we have seen so far - that is, anyone could choose any number from last night's stats and spin it both ways. Bull spin. US consumers are spending. Headline retail sales rose by 0.5 in May from the previous ...

Slippery - watch your step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... US$66.31 - where it was in October last year and more than 115 per cent above the GFC-low of US$30.81 in December 2008. Last night crude prices continued to barrel past US$70. No one would have picked this looking at the economic scorecard and industrial ...

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2009

... business development battled it out in this year's Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards, with the winners announced last night at the Shangri-La hotel in Sydney. This year's event gave an insight to how the industry's marketing experts responded to ...

Merger creates 18,500 adviser force

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... create a global organisation with 18,500 advisers. The deal between Citi for Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley was closed last night. In turn, the new Morgan Stanley Smith Barney will bring together 18,500 advisers - including 33 of the top 100 financial ...

GS trounces GM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... Great Depression. The financial system is certainly better positioned now to withstand GM. Don't stop me now. News out last night added to optimism. The US ISM manufacturing index - a leading indicator of the economy -- rose by more than expected in ...