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Future Fund to become top insto

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
The Future Fund has signed up Vanguard, State Street, CFS GAM and QIC as its debut investment managers, but there's more to come as the fund strives to become the country's "leading institutional investor". Speaking at the 2008 Asset Allocation Summit ...

Calliva offers SuperAccess to SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
Mortgages and superannuation funds meet at a crossroads in a new market venture that will give self-managed super funds (SMSF) members the chance to invest in property through their mortgage loans. ASX listed Firstfolio has partnered with specialist ...

Something interesting about rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
There may be a debate emerging about whether we really do have an inflation problem, but inflation is a hugely significant problem that should never go unchecked. Prompting the discussion is that remedies to attack it are seen by some commentators as ...

Saving for the kids' textbooks

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
Investment bonds are making a comeback as the vehicle of choice to boost children's school savings. According to statistics from research house Plan for Life, the investment bond market segment is continuing to grow with more than $8 billion in funds ...

Max Super reloads for 2008

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
Online super fund max Super has revised its business model with a shift in focus towards corporate super with a revamped website due in the coming weeks. David Williams, general manager at Max Super, said the company was pleased with the personal super ...

Market plunge drives record margin calls

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
Margin lenders CommSec and St George Bank made record numbers of margin calls on Monday night and after yesterday's All Ordinaries 409 point drubbing, with another record in the making last night. CommSec managing director Matt Comyn, speaking late ...

In cash we trust

QIC has held more cash than it's ever held for a very long time, a fortuitous investment move made by the $70 billion fund manager more than twelve months before the market rout began. While it's easy to count the amount lost by the average super fund ...

Life ban for adviser after altering codes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
Disgraced Tasmania-based financial adviser Adam Grant has been permanently banned from providing financial services after being caught manipulating broker codes to siphon commission payments. ASIC banned Grant, who was employed with Shadforths Limited ...

Watch out for 130/30

130/30 or 'alpha extension' strategies will become much more widely used next year, according to Mercer Investment Consulting. Unlike traditional or "long-only" investing, a 130/30 portfolio permits the investment manager to introduce some "short" or ...

Singapore and ME fund swoop on UBS

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
Government of Singapore Investment Corp and an unidentified Middle Eastern investor (rumoured to be a state controlled fund from Oman) have chipped in $11.6 billion in capital into UBS to lift it out of the sub-prime funding jungle. This is the latest ...