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AXA Asia Pac growth mixed

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... net flows for the twelve months stood at $1.1 billion, a positive sum albeit lower than the previous year's numbers. On the plus side, Australian individual life new business growth increased 21 percent to $61 million and total financial protection new ...

Hedge that made the grade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... Partners. Only seven alternatives funds gained at least a 'recommended' rating. Morgan Stanley's FX Alpha Fund and FX Alpha Plus Fund along with the BlackRock Asset Allocation Alpha Fund - Class D and Select's Alternatives Portfolio and Futures Fund ...

LGSS fixes pricing error

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... Scheme was alerted to a tax error that occurred with the 30 June 2008 unit prices for all investment options except Cash Plus," said the fund. As a result of this, investment returns for the affected options were overstated on the last member statements. ...

NAB Super hands investments to JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... 25 per cent of the proceeds in cash and the remainder as equity in two major unlisted property trusts - Lend Lease's Core Plus Fund and Goodman Australia's Industrial Fund. Of the four properties - two industrial properties in Sydney and office buildings ...

Members Equity gains Storm sponsorship

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... generated in the media last season. Members Equity Bank replaces Medibank Private and joins one of its super fund owners, HOST-PLUS, which features on the back of the jersey. HOST-PLUS chief executive, David Elia, said one of the key benefits of a sporting ...

Vanguard on the hunt for new head of marketing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... personal reasons. Bold has been with the company for three years and saw the local index fund manager grow to a $60 billion-plus manager with the Future Fund among its clients. Bold said he is leaving the company by the end of the year due to family ...

HOST-PLUS drops five-day rule

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
HOST-PLUS has removed the five-day investment switching rule so members can change investment options on the last day of the month and be moved into that strategy the next day. Previously HOST-PLUS members needed to submit any changes to their investment ...

Ho hum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... than 10 years. Ho-hum. Given the spectacular volatility in the equity markets over the past few months, daily movements of plus or minus 5-7 percent have become standard fare. News headlines explained yesterday's rally in the domestic market as due to ...

Term deposit with a twist

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... gains of a stockmarket recovery in five years. The result is a capital-protected structured product called Macquarie Deposit plus Access 200 (DPA 200). It is 90 per cent invested in a term deposit that provides an annual fixed interest payment with the ...

Advisors more important than ever: Sherry

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... per cent over and above inflation, and this will continue despite the average -6.4 return in 07/08 or for that matter the plus 10 to 15 per cent each of the previous five," he said. And this is where investors should go back to basics and seek the advise ...