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That sinking feeling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010

Green light for Milton merger

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... LICs, planners will be looking at the larger ones and Milton is now the third largest with $2 billion," said Gooch. "So we feel we have the size to attract planners while our cost base is around 17 basis points which is the lower percentage of companies ...

Perpetual raises $170 million for mortgage fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
Perpetual Investments has closed capital raisings for its new Secured Private Debt Fund, with industry and corporate super funds, high net worth individuals and dealer groups subscribing to the tune of $170 million. The closed-ended fund will lend to ...

Wrong answer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
Chuckle, chuckle, chuckle. "If your copying somebody else's answers, make sure you're copying the correct one." Almost always during exams, teacher would give us examinees this warning (advice?). This popped in my head when I read today's business story ...

Grinch vs Santa

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
"Torn between two lovers, feelin' like a fool" - Mary MacGregor Good thing my wife is on holidays far, far away otherwise the shape of my skull would be embedded in one of our frying pans when she reads my opening line. But honey, you know I refer not ...

ECB to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
he "Rape of Europa" continues. Investors are circling around like vultures around Portugal and Spain perhaps until the whole of Europe burns. Oh yes, Virginia, there's a niggling feeling that ultimately Europa will be raped and this would cause untold ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... decisions. Wall Street closed higher overnight but why do I get a feeling that there's little conviction behind the move? You'll feel the same way too baby if like many investors these days you're looking at the market's performance since the US Federal ...

Platinum feels the force of term deposits

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
One of the country's most respected equity fund managers has lamented that its retail business is facing "intense" competition from bank term deposits. "While Platinum continues to attract positive retail net fund inflows the competition from bank term ...

Politics shape investment choices: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... Business finance department from University of Miami released data this month claiming that investors are more likely to feel optimistic about financial markets if their preferred political party is in power, often leading to wiser investment decisions. ...

AvSuper awards hedge fund mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... Meanwhile, the fund recently terminated a $17.5 million investment with the Morgan Stanley Global Property Securities Fund. "We feel we'll get better returns by allocating the proceeds to international equities," said Griffiths. Fauchier Partners' Absolute ...