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Stop chasing artificial yields: PIR

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
Investors with high allocations to property should review their portfolios after a leading property research expert said that the sector's blanket out-performance won't last. PIR managing director Richard Cruikshank said that low property yields over ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open slightly lower today. At 0646 AEST, the September Share Price Index on the Sydney futures exchange was down 15 points to 6,134 on 1,733 contracts. Company earnings continue to dominate market news with ...

GMO small caps downgraded by Morningstar

GMO's Australian small cap shares funds have been downgraded by Morningstar after the departure of former head of equities Max Cappetta and head of equity research Anthony Corr. "They're a big loss to the firm, and while GMO has sizeable resources ...

Property portfolio changes at EISS, ISPT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
The Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme (EISS) and the Industry Superannuation Property Trust (ISPT) are making key changes to their property portfolio. The industry super fund property manager ISPT has added two US assets in California and North ...

SimCorp wins Schroders SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
Schroders Investment Management in Singapore is the latest manager to join SimCorp's growing client list in the Australia-Pacific region after this week signing a deal to take on Simcorp's Dimension as their information management platform. "It's a ...

Club Plus appoints chief executive

Club Plus Super, the $1.2 billion fund for ClubsNSW and ClubsACT, has recruited the long time head of the Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust (AMIST) as its chief executive. Paul Cahill, who will join the fund in November, spent 12 years at ...

Super for members, not nation building

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
Strong wealth management sector growth pushing Australia to net capital exporter status within 20 years shouldn't mean superannuation is seen as a panacea for our nation building problems, according to Emilio Gonzalez, chief investment officer at Perpetual ...

Service not fees drive consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
Financial services operators talk obsessively about fees but what really upsets consumers is poor service. A landmark study, by the communications technology and consulting group Fujitsu, has revealed 80 per cent of banking customers take the way they ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon following a soft lead from Wall Street overnight. At 1144 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 24.4 points to 6160.8 and the all ordinaries had lost 23.7 points to 6161.2. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Ethical by name and nature

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
Ethical fund managers Hunter Hall and the Australian Ethical Investment have responded to the CHOICE report that warned investors about funds that specialise in responsible investments. The CHOICE report urged investors to read the 'small print' when ...