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EC's reforms could be fatal to hedgies

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... the same thing. The firm argues that a highly leveraged low risk strategy could be much less risky than an unleveraged high risk strategy. "Together the proposals are perverse - restricting the investment strategies available to 'risky' hedge funds to ...

OECD vindicates govt super reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... much private retirement savings, the OECD said the main problem for retirees in Australia is the low age pension. "The high risk of old-age poverty in Australia is mainly due to the relatively low level of the age pension: equivalent schemes in other ...

HNWs to buy Aus equities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... year's credit crisis, there are five times more high net worth (HNWs) investors who have zero portfolio allocation to high risk assets today than 18 months ago. Back in late 2007, only 6 per cent were ultra-conservative, or had zero allocation to 'high ...

UBS cuts business and jobs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... management and the Swiss banking business alongside its divisions in investment banking and asset management. "UBS will exit high risk and unpromising businesses. The bank is currently conducting a review to make clear decisions about which business ...

Aviva covers risky jobs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Aviva has launched a new Income Daily Living product that insures non-working spouses and Australians in high risk occupations. The new product will offer protection to occupations traditionally classified as 'too risky', such as labourers, window cleaners ...

Defensive fixed income wins

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... that in the last 12 to18 months the firm has been communicating with advisers on the pitfalls of investing in certain high risk private debt, hybrid or high yield products. "We believed that the fixed income markets weren't offering a lot of returns ...

Credit Suisse slapped with $12m fine

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... Structured Credit Group (SCG) within Credit Suisse's Investment Banking Division. The group specialised in complex, high risk structured products. "It is imperative, particularly in more challenging financial conditions, that firms have in place appropriate ...

ASX firms snub climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... companies linked the climate change strategy to board or senior management remuneration. From those firms identified as high risk, 39 per cent disclosed absolute Greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions data and 19 per cent could disclose normalised data. Yet ...

ASIC bans unlicensed Westpoint adviser

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... on Westpoint products. The regulator found Sheppard did not appropriately advise clients that Westpoint products were high risk and were not guaranteed between November 2002 and September 2003. ASIC found Sheppard's clients, who were predominantly based ...

Mums-and-dads want investing made simple

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... More importantly, mums-and-dads tend to stick with what they are familiar with. "If an investor has always been into high risk investments, they will look for similar funds when they're looking for new ones. They will not be as interested in a fund that ...