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Ibbotson secures NEO Financial Solutions mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... including investment committee and governance oversight; investment advice including asset allocation and portfolio construction; investment management; fund and equity research and selection; and dealer and practice management support. "Ibbotson is ...

German FM defends Euro

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... crisis of confidence, questioning the political will and determination of Eurozone members to fix the flaws in the construction of the monetary union." Dr Westerwelle dismissed claims that the problems would have been averted if Europe had acted earlier ...

AMP Capital appoints new portfolio manager

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... Australia Asset Management. "Gary's extensive experience in funds management, and in particular his strong portfolio construction skills, will add significantly to AMP Capital's Multi Asset Group capability," Henaghan said. Burke will report to head ...

Nice one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... jobless rate to drop to only 6.7% by 2014 (and that's the optimistic end of its forecast). "The manufacturing, retail, construction and finance industries are all set to shed labour. At best, this means tepid jobs growth in the economy overall - less ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... cents, to $1.345 after they came out of a trading halt. The company said it had secured enough funds to complete construction and start-up of its delayed rare earths processing plant in Malaysia. Atlas Iron bucked the trend, losing nine cents to $3.17 ...

Wolf, wolf

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... a slowdown in the Australian economy without a technical recession, largely due to the momentum in the big mining construction projects.'' So what do we do now? Take all our investments out of planet earth and send it to Mars? For I know of only one ...

Volatile markets spark innovation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
High demand for electronic tools allowing portfolio construction and optimisation based on targeted risk are a result of current market volatility, according to MSCI, makers of the Barra Portfolio Manager (BPM) system. "The broader trend in light of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... the few stocks bucking the market trend was Leighton Holdings. Its shares added 1.8 per cent to $20.89 after the construction giant upgraded its underlying profit forecast for the six month to December to $270 million from $250 million. The US is on ...

Retail and insto teams combine to drive strategy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... have observed a change in where the decisions are made in the marketplace around funds, research, ratings, portfolio construction and the role of multi-managers," said Geoff Lloyd, Perpetual's group executive private wealth and head of retail distribution. ...

Principal Global secures Advance Asset mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... physical property markets, their rigorous investment process which combines in-depth research with disciplined portfolio construction and risk controls and the strength of their integrated global team and flexibility given to regional PMs," said Advance ...