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Govt policies block choice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
The Rudd Government's proposed policies on super and financial advice are potentially "anti-competitive" and won't go unchallenged, said shadow treasurer Malcolm Turnbull. Speaking at the IFSA conference yesterday, Turnbull said the Coalition will be ...

Bellwether secures debut mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
Boutique fund manager Bellwether Partners won its first institutional investment mandate after the $430 million Combined Fund invested in its high performing flagship fund. Combined Fund, acting under the advice of its asset consultant, Counterpoint ...

Market bottom approaches, recovery expected soon

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
Investors need to put the latest stock market correction into perspective as it is just a five-yearly pattern repeating itself, explained the KBC investment banking group that is represented in Australia and New Zealand by Liontamer, in a recent global ...

UBS redefines fixed income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
UBS takes a fresh approach to fixed income investment with a new product that delivers above market performance by diversifying across four of the firm's fixed income funds. The UBS Fixed Income Plus includes fully automated investment decisions and ...

A tale of two currencies

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
Despite China's strong influence, Australia's currency if not our economy still seems joined at the hip with the US, and the latest Federal Reserve rate cut can be expected to have a substantial knock on effect at home. Not all Federal Reserve board ...

Back to basics: Vanguard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
Investors may have had a great run over the last twenty-five years, but the 20-year anniversary of 'Black Tuesday' reinforced the need to look back and learn the lessons of the last two decades, according to visiting Vanguard chairman and chief executive ...

The upside of carnage

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
Is the current sub-prime calamity really another savings and loan crisis in the making, or just market noise? Consensus is that the volatility is more rollercoaster than bear-trend, and as such markets are quite capable of recovering just a quickly. ...

Biotech fund breaks into $4bn hearing loss sector

Listed fund BioTech Capital is making a play for the $4 billion hearing loss industry by injecting $2 million into hearing technology company Sensear. Sensear is a Western Australian-based company that was spun off the Western Australian Telecommunications ...

Economic round-up: Circle your wagons

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2007
While we continue to ride the resources boom, it seems that our cash starved infrastructure is beginning to hit the country's coffers where it hurts - in the mining sector. Hundreds of wagons once used to transport Queensland coal are lying idle throughout ...

The manager matters in private equity: Unigestion

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
With all the noise around private equity, many institutional investors are all ears for how they can jump aboard the PE freight train. European buyout specialist Unigestion has highlighted some of the distinct opportunity sets for Australian investors ...