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Russell launches global infra fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... sector. These stocks will be chosen from around 400 stocks listed globally with a market cap of up to US$3 trillion. The group said one of the asset's appeal is that it is an alternative to government bonds in terms of liability matching, yet they offer ...

Oasis adds two groups and recovers FUM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... more financial planning dealer groups since the year started, Millennium3 Financial Services and Sentry Services Financial Group. This comes after the platform provider announced it had successfully transitioned the administration of the FSP Portfolio ...

Dixon action on Premium gains momentum

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... constitution to undertake a reduction of capital, share buyback scheme or wind-up the company. "We represent a minority group of shareholders but we wouldn't undertake an action if we didn't think there was reasonably high chance the other shareholders ...

Hedge funds lag index returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... index lost over 35 per cent and the MSCI World lost more than 40 per cent. Scott MacDonald, managing director at Van Mac Group, said hedge funds tend to lag on the upside. He said the argument leveled at the hedge fund industry that many of the funds ...

VicSuper seeds $150m low carb fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... be diversified and their emissions measured by an independent company. In this case, London-based environmental research group Trucost. For good measure, the universe of the portfolio is limited to the 1,700 stocks listed on the MSCI World ex-Australia ...

Thrift is the new cool: K2

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... fund manager K2 Asset Management banks on stocks that will flourish in the face of a global recession. Nick Griffin, the group's head of international strategy, said that investors should tap into mega-trends that will drive stocks up as consumers adjust ...

Return of the hedge funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... average. Convertible and fixed income arbitrage managers and event driven strategies posted gains but the best performing sub-group was special situation funds netting 2.3 per cent. Meanwhile, long/short equity managers were flat during January, growth ...

PRI members push CSR movement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... investment might to persuade around 9,000 companies to sign a set of corporate social responsibility standards. The 52 strong group wrote to companies listed on the MSCI World, FTSE All World and IFC Emerging Markets indices to sign the UN Global Compact ...

Grant Samuel Epoch tops global shares survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... that are practically 'on sale'. Mastercard for example, which traded at around US$300 early this year is now at US$163. The group boasts US$18 cash per share on the balance sheet and FCF of US$10 per share for next year. Another stock Nestle is now sitting ...

Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... America's US50 billion take-over of America's third-biggest investment bank -- Merrill Lynch -- and American International Group begging for A US$40 billion bridge loan from the US Federal Reserve. Reports that the Fed has further expanded its lending ...