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Diamond Asset Advisors arrive in Aus

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... price rose a higher 26 per cent. For many investors who have invested in gold assets, diamonds offer another alternative except at relatively lower prices. Like gold, diamonds can act as an inflation-hedge and are, in fact, relatively immune to interest ...

ASIC catches Camelot Derivatives

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... clients, advising, recommending, or directly or indirectly, causing an existing client to invest in an options trading market, except those trades which close existing positions and make representations about returns on investments from options trading. ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... volatile situation in the country, Wall Street's performance overnight suggests that frankly, my dear, is doesn't give a damn (except of course, the Egyptians and oh, those nervously quivering autocrats in the region and elsewhere). Wall Street would ...

AustralianSuper posts solid quarter

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... option return of 5.05 per cent. The fund's asset allocation remained heavy on Australian shares across premixed options except for the stable option where global bonds held 29.3 per cent allocation as compared to 15.2 per cent in Australian shares. In ...

Plum pickings in international equities: K2

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
K2 Asset Management's head of international strategy Nick Griffin believes that a maturing economic recovery will fuel earnings growth and higher international equity prices in 2011. Griffin said that equity valuations remain compelling, in both absolute ...

AvSuper awards mandate to IFP

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
AvSuper has dropped its mandate with Wellington International Management Company and awarded $52 million to Independent Franchise Partnership following a review. Michelle Griffiths, chief executive of the $1 billion-plus fund, said IFP replaces Wellington ...

Investors tap emerging market debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... added. Contrary to some investors' perceptions, Murphy said that most sovereign EM bond markets are sufficiently liquid, except for those of smaller economies, where investors need to recognise liquidity risks. BNY Mellon is targeting Australian institutions ...

UK pension tenders $800m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... with the active hedging program covering all US Dollar, Euro and Yen denominated overseas equity assets where possible, except those in emerging markets. The fund's equity assets included in the mandate are estimated at $800 million. Avon has over 37,000 ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
"Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la, la la la la" "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Ev'rywhere you go." Please excuse my cheerful mood. I've been singing these tunes ...

NAB Super restructures alternatives portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... interest investments now make up more than 30 per cent of the fund's alternative asset portfolio. All of the fund's options except Capital Stable have an allocation to the asset class. Exposure to alternatives within the Growth Option was recently increased ...