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Free cash flow wins mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Free cash flow is a recipe for strong above benchmark returns amid turbulent times, according to Epoch Investment Partners, which recently won a $173 million mandate from Suncorp. According to Andrew McKinnon, chief executive of Grant Samuel Funds Management ...

HOSTPLUS appoints Qld partnership manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
HOSTPLUS is ramping up its brand awareness campaign in Queensland, hiring hospitality and tourism executive Greg Holmes as manager of strategic partnerships. Holmes previously worked as deputy chair of the Brisbane Visitors and Convention Bureau and ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Gung Hay Fat Choy! The English version of Happy New Year has not worked for financial markets so far. Perhaps the Chinese one will. The web says that in Cantonese these words also mean 'may prosperity be with you.' Indeed, may prosperity be with us ...

Investor knowledge fuels SMSF growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... consistent number of opening funds lies in an increased investor awareness of information available for people looking to plan their retirement. "Three years ago, people wouldn't have a clue about super and now we have people taking an active interest ...

Trade and chat at CMC Markets

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... network where traders from other markets will be able to plug in to their network and perpetrate discussions and learning. "We plan to take this globally, so that Australian users will be able to interact with those in say, the UK or the US," said Co ...

TTR strategies need more attention

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
Investors still lack awareness of transition to retirement strategies while many others view super as a "poor investment", according to financial advisory firm HLB Mann Judd. According to Michael Hutton, wealth management partner at HLB Mann Judd, most ...

Advisers happier with wrap service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
The number of satisfied financial advisers using Macquarie Wrap has increased by seven per cent to 91 per cent over a one-year period. The research, found 93 per cent of advisers are satisfied with the telephone support they have received and almost ...

End 'set and forget' strategy: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
Financial planners must drop the traditional 'set and forget' strategy and become more dynamic to ensure their client portfolios are able to deal with changing macro economic conditions, according to van Eyk. Nigel Wilkin-Smith, van Eyk head of the ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
So it was, so it shall be. The odds - the Dow fell in 12 out of the past 16 US Presidential Inaugurations - have prevailed. Now it's 13 out of 17. The Dow fell by 4.1 per cent and the S&P 500 dropped by 5.3 per cent as Barack Obama is confirmed as the ...

Pinnacle taps private equity demand

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Pinnacle attracts two key private equity execs from AMP to run its newly-launched fund at a time when many investors are starting to trawl the market for the best private equity investments. Pinnacle Investment Management yesterday announced the establishment ...