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Martin Currie rakes $500m and growing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... global alpha strategy. The strategy is a high-conviction portfolio with 30 to 45 stocks with a view of outperforming its index plus an extra four to five per cent. The product did exactly that over the three-year and five-year to January, and in the ...

Local funds hold firm on US equities

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... JANA Investment Advisers' super fund clients reflects a broader 'wait and see' approach in the industry. Last month, HOST-PLUS chief investment officer, Sam Sicilia, said the fund is not hiring or terminating investment mandates at this time, including ...

I have been dead wrong: Buffett

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... crowd would call my mistakes 'unforced errors'," said Buffett. But it's not all doom and gloom for Buffett and Co. "On the plus side last year, we made purchases totaling $14.5 billion in fixed-income securities issued by Wrigley, Goldman Sachs and General ...

Westscheme spends cash

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... The $28 billion AustralianSuper for instance has not bought a single share since late 2007. Meanwhile the $7 billion HOST-PLUS has more than 4 per cent of its funds in cash - more than two percent above its benchmark. Rosario said that the fund is currently ...

Plusses and minuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
Australia is back in a situation where it is either looking at a half full or a half empty glass. Latest statistics released over the past few days have something for everybody. Glass half-full. Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported ...

Top and bottom super performance differ by 36pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... doubled to 36 per cent. Two of the best default workplace super option included the AXA Australia Simple Super - Guaranteed Plus which returned just over four per cent and Military Super - Growth option which lost 6.7 per cent during 2008. In contrast ...

Future Fund seek RI and IT professionals

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... expected to also have industry experience within funds management, asset management and/or investment management sector (10 plus years), and strong commercial management and vendor management skills, among other skills.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... LONDON - Global equities were mixed on Thursday as investors digested interest rate decisions in Britain and the eurozone plus weaker-than-expected US jobs data, dealers said. The Bank of England slashed British interest rates by half a percentage point ...

Macquarie targets funds mgmt acquisitions

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... AUM. Wikramanayake said Macquarie achieved strong outperformance in its Income Opportunites, Diversified Treasury and Income Plus funds in 2008 and expects to attract strong inflows into income funds this year. Funds management has been a small contributor ...

Future Fund posts 6pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... asset allocation that's been set [for the fund]...our job is to create value for our stakeholders and deliver on the CPI plus 4.5 per cent [target returns]," said Neal.