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Lost

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
"I'm in a place where I don't know where I am!" -Homer Simpson I have to give it to Homer. He cut to the chase and burped out what every economist and financial market expert are afraid to admit these days - that we simply don't know. Ergo (sounds sophisticated ...

Investors ignoring credit

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
Retail investors are ignoring the middle ground between equity and fixed interest, "bar-belling" portfolio asset allocation between the two extremes, according to a paper released by boutique global credit manager, Bentham Asset Management. "I am quite ...

Dodd-Frank sees rise in virtual family offices

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
Growing costs associated with Dodd-Frank compliance are making single family offices in the US less sustainable, with virtual and multi family offices in favour as a result. Those were among the findings reported by the Advanced Planning and Family ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
The bulls - already dwindling in numbers by the day - must now be starting to find religion as the only means of delivering them from eternal damnation - in the financial sense, of course. For this time, Virginia, the sky does really look like it's ...

Cross-border super collaboration on way

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
Asian public pensions and Australian superannuation funds may soon be working together on cross-border investment decisions, predicts Citi's Asia Pacific head of pension fund services. Australian superannuation funds typically have around 30% of assets ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
There is the good news. The EU finally came through and is about to implement its first set of "breakthroughs" agreed upon at last month's summit. Eurozone finance ministers shook hands on the a,-100 billion aid promised to Spain, with an initial downpayment ...

GS, Citi appointed for NSW elec, coal mine sales

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... $3bn, while the avoided ongoing operation and maintenance costs are expected to save $850 million. Treasury estimates also predict a further $6bn saving to NSW taxpayers in avoided costs to meet future generation capacity needs. "This important reform ...

'Brownfield' infra better suited to pension funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
Governments hoping to secure pension fund investments into infrastructure projects should focus on 'brownfield' assets rather than expecting them to take on 'greenfield' risks, said European investor Antin Infrastructure Partners. Referring to British ...

RARE, Lazard infra funds 'highly recommended' by Lonsec

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Lonsec has branded two infrastructure securities funds from RARE and Lazarad as 'highly recommended' in its 2012 review of the sector. "Our increased conviction in management teams [of the funds] has resulted in two upgrades in this year's review - ...

IMF issues buy order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Well, well, well. Don't look now folks for we may have just received the best indicator of the financial markets' direction over the next three months, at least. No Virginia, it's not yesterday's decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to sit ...