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Libertas FP to offer SMA portfolios

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... companies that are trading at lower than average valuation multiples, and underweight positions in those that are trading at above average multiples. The Bellmont Buy-Write Portfolio uses the Bellmont Core Equity Portfolio as a base and adds a buy-write ...

Conditions and confidence collide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... indicators paint a rosier picture for the domestic economy: Forward orders increased by 6 to a reading of plus 4 in October - "above the long-run average for the monthly series, suggesting near term demand may have lifted -prompting an apparent voluntary ...

Bond experts reiterate need for flexible duration strategy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... the financial crisis - is too large relative to GDP to be sustained unless interest rates remain low or growth surges well above expectations," explained the head of PIMCO Australia, Adrian Stewart. "Nevertheless, the combination of slower yet stable ...

Scale not what it used to be

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... Christopher Page, Rainmaker managing director - SelectingSuper is owned and operated by Rainmaker - said boutique funds fighting above their weight shows how fund quality and depth of a fund's service provider network remain the core ingredients to a ...

ING low-fee super hits $1bn mark

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... balanced option allocates 50% to growth and 50% to defensive assets, and aims to achieve average returns of 2.5% per annum above CPI over a four year period, before fees and tax. Its growth option, meanwhile, allocates 70% to growth and 30% to defensive ...

SSgA warns of equity market complacency

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... return. On average we've had less than 10% weighting to the banks yet we've been able to deliver returns in excess of 5% above the benchmark before fees over the last five years," she said. "More recently we've picked our exposure to resources companies ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... percentage point to 5.8 per cent, its lowest level since July 2008. Analysts said the report marked another month of job growth above 200,000, but was not strong enough to prod the Federal Reserve to shift from its plan to keep interest rates low well ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... pro-business policies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 100.69 points (0.58 per cent) to 17,484.53, about 95 points above the previous record. The S&P 500 gained 11.47 (0.57 per cent) to 2,023.57, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index dipped ...

Cbus employees accused of perjury

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... he wrote. In particular, he described the level of Butera's perjury as 'staggering'. "When all of the evidence described above was laid before her, the only credible course for Ms Butera to have taken was to admit the falsity of her evidence to that ...

The Infrastructure Fund reaches into Europe

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... the process, this allows us to further diversify our portfolio across new sectors and geographies to deliver consistent, above-benchmark investor returns," TPCG chairman Bob Lette said. Earlier this year, TIF and consortium partner China Merchants Group ...