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Drinking is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... behind close doors. Perhaps not. For if they did, it would have been proudly broadcast around the globe. Just think of the feel good effect this would generate to citizens of planet earth. But back to Japan. The resignation of the Finance Minister would ...

Storm takes fight online

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) last week and whether or not liquidators have seized their private jet. "Do you feel let down by the banks who were willing to back you in the good times and have now deserted you?" asked Fyoder on the website. ...

BT Global Macro gains three stars

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
Standard & Poor's has assigned a 'three star' rating to the BT Global Macro fund. The BT Global Macro fund uses a single manager multi strategy approach to portfolio construction. According to Standard & Poor's, the BT fund doesn't take large intra ...

Whistleblower wanted

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... Bloch. "When a member feels their professional reputation is being tarnished by another, that should be enough for them to feel they can confidentially contact the FPA to look into the matters more closely." On Friday last week, Bloch said the FPA received ...

Mandate to the Future

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
The Future Fund is looking to build up its debt portfolio this year and beef up its alternatives portfolio with investments that have "niche" risk premia. David Neal, the Future Fund's chief investment officer, gave an insight on where they are likely ...

CareSuper reopens cap guarantee

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... around $32 million worth of investments. "We've sorted it out and worked out an investment program for the product, so now we feel we have sufficient funds to reopen it," said Lander. Lander said CareSuper had to close its option last year because "AMP ...

TTR strategies need more attention

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... brushes off the doom and gloom to say that this will soon change. "From the current low equity levels that we're seeing, I do feel that over the next ten years that there should be opportunities for people to generate long term wealth through that period. ...

Read between the headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... yesterday when the 'sky is falling on jobs' headlines made it onto computer screens, it dipped by a mere 0.9 per cent. The feel good factor and optimism that President Obama engenders could be having their desired effect - restoring confidence. Because ...

Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
With the US economy entering its second year of recession, investors need all the best wishes for the New Year to come true. The problems of 2008 have not gone away - they have worsened. The reason why the equity markets' cheery welcome of 2009 faded ...

Mr. Scrooge's Ghosts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
It's official. The US is - or has been - in recession since December 2007. Now what? The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the US National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced that America's economy entered recession one year ago, despite not ...