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Treasury boutiques gain inflows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... projects; Cannae Capital Partners, an Australian and New Zealand equities investor, is still developing. "During the bull market I think people got used to boutiques taking off quickly, but really it takes a period of time for it to take off and Cannae ...

Five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... months reminded me of this saying. Most of the time in my previous life, I was using it to pick the turning point of a bull market. For instance, during the 1987 Stockmarket Crash and in 2000 when the dotcoms were still blowing hot air -- higher rates ...

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2009

... their existing clients; financial literacy campaigns; and developing products and services that better suited the post-bull market era. In the new world where the investing public demands more transparency and accountability, marketers play a bigger ...

ESSSuper closes Cash Plus option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
The $14 billion Emergency Services & State Super has closed the doors of its cash plus strategy six months after the introduction of its pure cash option. According to a statement on the ESSSuper website, the fund closed its cash plus option to new ...

Bull market on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... cent above its 9 March low and the Dow more than 27 per cent higher. Hold on...isn't this the classic definition of a bull market? A bull market is generally defined as when stock prices rise 20 per cent from their lows. A bear market, the reverse. Bears ...

Thrift is the new cool: K2

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... strategy, said that investors should tap into mega-trends that will drive stocks up as consumers adjust to a post-bull market lifestyle. In the past, consumers "traded up", buying luxury goods, expensive cars and bigger houses. In a recession, the trend ...

Ignore history at your peril

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... which will be a detriment to their ability to properly steer investors through today's crisis. "I think 30 years of a bull market has left [financial history] at the bottom of interesting things to study. "Financial history, and by that I mean the history ...

HFA regains Lonsec rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... the same index that lost over 46 per cent. "The ability to maximise returns in line with overall markets during a bull market while preserving capital during the tough times is at the heart of absolute return investing," said Oscar Martinis, HFA Asset ...

Ausbil, Eley and Patriot top review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
Financial planners seeking to add more client funds to the Australian small and mid cap sector should look no further than Ausbil Dexia, Eley Griffiths Group and Patriot Asset Management according to a Zenith Investment Partners sector review. The Ausbil ...

Henderson Maxwell moves to managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... the client and to the practice." He said the set-and-forget investment strategy, which many advisers used during the bull market is no longer relevant these days given market volatility where some shares can fall as much as 70 per cent in three days. ...