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AvSuper awards BEM mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
AvSuper has awarded a $120 million mandate to Balanced Equity Management, replacing a previous $75 million mandate with Arnhem Investment Management. Michelle Griffiths, chief executive of the $1 billion fund, said the termination was part of an "Australian ...

Indian pension funds poised for growth

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Recent reforms to India's pension system could foster a "shareholder society" that will underpin the country's equity markets for years to come, market watchers say. India, like most emerging market economies, has no universal retirement safety net. ...

Dob in a fraud: CalPERS

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Notice a fraud activity at your super fund? Members of the US' largest public pension fund CalPERS can now complain about fraudsters following the launch of an ethics helpline. The helpline will enable the pension fund to receive tips, concerns and ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... International Monetary Fund. In a Bloomberg interview, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn warned that, "We're not safe yet." Because "The recovery is not enough, you need to have a recovery with jobs." The IMF didn't come alone, it phoned a ...

Snakes and ladders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... austerity measures. Renewed problems in Europe equals renewed problems in the global economy. Japan has already been hurt. Safe haven buying of yen has put and is putting downward pressure on its sole growth engine - exports - and exacerbating its two ...

Planes, trains & automobiles and the bush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... the week before. At least the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) had already made one - or the market thinks it has. It's a safe bet that the RBA will do nothing after its Board meeting today. Not when uncertainty lingers in the global economy and financial ...

US needs double the lifeline

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... balances like in the '60s and '70s when you had high inflation, they are going to lose capital very, very quickly thinking its safe," he continued. "What seems like an un-risky place to be can suddenly be a very risky place to be in a higher inflation ...

Fully hedged funds are the past decade's winners: Zenith

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... dollars have tended to appreciate in times of shock (even if the underlying asset declines) as investors flock to the perceived safe haven of the greenback. The Zenith report pointed out that the Australian dollar was the second most volatile currency ...

Home trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... night's disappointing US housing data. Latest figures from the National Association of Realtors has again proved the phrase "safe as houses" wrong -- as it had during America's housing meltdown of 2007-2008. Horrendous! Terrible! Shockingly disappointing! ...

Bond rush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... among others. The herd mentality does not only apply to equities, commodities and properties. The herd is now rushing for "safe-haven" bonds. And as proven many time before, they arrive when the party's nearly over and find themselves left with the c ...