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Vianova weathers financial crisis

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
Savvy fixed income managers such as Vianova have emerged victorious in the bear market as their minimal sub-prime exposure and backing of bonds pay off, according to Australian Unity Investments. Investors who liquidated assets to protect income by ...

VFMC unveils 2009 strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... fund. Pascoe acknowledges that achieving a 100 bps outperformance figure is a brave call, particularly in today's bear market. But he is confident about the fund's future and the investment team's ability to steer VFMC from troubled waters. "It is a ...

Platforms should adopt insto approach

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... responding to short-term trends, said Bruce Murphy executive director, distribution, Macquarie Funds Group. Murphy said the bear market would likely lead to a change in platform behaviour - one that is based on an institutional approach to investing. ...

Consultum pumps $1m into tech

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... investing more than $1 million into the development of its software program to help give advisers the edge in today's bear market. The decision to pump dollars into its software program stems from the firm's focus to better service its new and existing ...

G20 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... lead given yesterday's near 6 per cent slump in the S&P/ASX 200 index. But is this the beginning of the end of the bear market in equities? The short answer is, not yet. The global recession must play out. The economic and financial systems need to detox. ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... took to the streets to demand cheaper oil. The same was true in many Asian countries. Investors hit by the equity bear market shifted their money into what appeared back then as an unquenchable thirst for oil. Prices of the black gold went into an almost ...

ING to develop retirement security products

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... guarantee income for life have been shown to reduce the longevity risk a retiree faces and can be used to minimise bear market and inflation risks as well. The development of relevant solutions suited to the Australian market is one area that I am keen ...

More planners to use SMAs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
More than 80 per cent of financial planners and other wealth management professionals who offer separately managed accounts (SMA) to their clients see SMAs as a tool to generate a new revenue stream for their business, a survey shows. The findings came ...

This too shall pass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
'The market does not beat them. They beat themselves, because though they have brains they cannot sit tight.' (Jesse Livermore). While most of us were sleeping (those lucky enough to have their A$1 turn to A$0.80 instead of A$0.20), Wall Street was ...

Period of cleansing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
Where's a poor investor going to look? On the right, there are hopeful signs that liquidity is starting to trickle. On the left, the number of countries falling into an economic recession is increasing. Over the past few days, equity market rallies ...