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Super funds eye cash

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
While fund managers are now slowly testing the waters of the equity markets, leading super funds are still putting their money in cash on the back of investor demand. The $4.2 billion Equipsuper invests cash in a variety of assets including bank deposits. ...

Long-only turmoil pushes investors to hedge funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... of HFA Holdings. The result is institutional investors are looking to steer money towards hedge funds as they seek a safe haven for their capital, said Young. "While investors in traditional long-only funds have lost around 40 per cent of their invested ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... market where I see a bit of green is in the telecommunications sector, which is really Telstra. "I think it's just a safe haven when the market has a question mark about other sectors at this point." Mr Xiradis said the local market followed falls in ...

AXA enhances North

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
Financial planners can help their clients protect their investment and contributions for the next five years after AXA Australia enhanced its North product. The new Protected Investment Guarantee option is a five to seven year, complete return of capital ...

GMO eyes US and global equities

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... partially offsetting benefits. "In a global crisis like this, the US finds itself unexpectedly cast in the role of a safe haven. "Chief among the many benefits of this crisis are unprecedented opportunities for investing in some fixed income areas where ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... or 3.41 per cent, to $4.24. Gold miners generally were higher, but recent sentiment that commodities are an investor-safe haven was misguided, Mr Morrow says. "To say that you can get safety in such a volatile thing as a commodity... that to me reflects ...

America on its knees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... perhaps into the euro. After the gold standard, the US dollar became the major means of exchange and was regarded a safe haven during periods of market upheaval. Now the safe haven is the one under attack, threatening the dominance of the US dollar in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... bailout of insurance giant American International Group failed to calm the financial markets and investors rushed for safe haven assets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 449.36 points, or 4.06 per cent, to settle at 10,609.66 in the second massive ...

Term deposits competition heats up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... platform's overall strategy. We have responded by adding term deposits as more defensive asset to provide investors a safe haven from the storm in the markets," said Nick Everingham, IOOF head of product and marketing. The IOOF term deposit also allows ...

Instos rushing to infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... outskirts of mainstream asset classes - but industry players are now putting more money into the sector as investors seek a safe haven from poor returns. According to RARE Infrastructure, institutional investors in particularly have been keen to take ...