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AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... the Islamic State jihadist group had set its sights on Europe. The gains came during the slowest week of the year, volume-wise - it was the last week of the summer holiday. "The lack of activity during the week was a function of some participants being ...

Select chair to become OneVue deputy CEO

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... Investment Partners. The deal, which is expected to be completed tomorrow, will also see Select head of fund services Alex Wise and Select executive director David Yale take on senior roles as part of the management team. Select Asset Management Limited ...

QV Equities raises $180m

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Investors Mutual has raised more than $180m for its new listed investment company (LIC), QV Equities (QVE). The launch of the product last month targeted self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and high net worth investors looking for a diversified share portfolio ...

US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... Chinese partners to fill the gap, according to Shanghai's China Business News". And it looks better for Russia and China price-wise. "The market prices in Russia are three times those in Manzhouli in China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region", according ...

Drastically limit number of default funds: Grattan CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... was right. We would not say, "we need to get the lowest costs therefore we are going passive," unless it made sense value-wise. Caresuper's Julie Lander, meanwhile, questioned the exclusive focus on cost. "We believe that focusing purely on costs does ...

Select brings Neuberger Berman hedge fund strategy to Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... our clients." Select is acting as responsible entity for the strategy in Australia. The group's head of fund services Alex Wise commented: "We are proud to be working with Neuberger Berman on the launch of this exciting new investment solution into the ...

Investors return to active global equities managers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... surprise that global equities have recovered and active managers are more popular." The second factor is decreasing pair-wise stock correlations, which measure the tendency of any two stocks in an index to move in line with each other. Data from Citi ...

Life insurers need more 'wise old heads': APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The life insurance industry needs more 'wise old heads' to provide an historical perspective and avoid falling into the same traps, according to Ian Laughlin, deputy chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Laughlin said that ...

Higher inflation triggered by central bank decisions

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... inflation. But post-GFC, investors can't count on returns being high enough." Hamlyn argues that most investors would be wise to consider allocating even a small part of their portfolio to inflation-linked products such as bonds or real return funds. ...

No bubble fears in commercial property for SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... SMSF investors looking for property investments to provide a high and reliable yield uncorrelated to equity markets would be wise to look beyond residential housing at ways to access the commercial property sector. "Commercial property is more attuned ...