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Tracking hedge fund fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... course, returns, to investors. Last month, AIMA launched a hedge fund booklet last month for financial planners, advisers and 'mum and dad' investors to better understand hedge funds. The handbook includes information about the history of hedge funds ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... following then Australian Federal Treasurer Peter Costello's baby bonus handout and exhortation to couples to 'have one for mum, one for dad, and one for Australia'. For sure the Australian unemployment rate will trend higher as the global financial ...

Property downturn over: RP Data

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... recovery. "Despite the fact that quite a large proportion of that [rate cut] seems to look like it's going to be passed on to the mum and dad mortgage holders, there wasn't a particularly big upswing in mortgage application rates. "I imagine that for ...

Bill failed, what next?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... financial systems and for financial advice... we're not just talking about the sharemarket but also the cash market." As for mum-and-dad investors, Gilham said the events of recent weeks bring home the value of financial education. "For an individual ...

AMP Capital appoints infra co-head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
AMP Capital Investors has appointed Xiao Wei as co-head of Infrastructure Asia. Xiao, who will be based in Beijing, will work with Anoop Seth, co-head of Infrastructure Asia based in Mumbai to source infrastructure investments for the new wholesale ...

CalPERS unveils infrastructure plan

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... Australian retail investors are also showing an interest in the sector, with RARE Infrastructure opening its doors this year to mum and dads looking to tap into emerging market infrastructure opportunities. "There's a staggering amount to be invested ...

Evolution of super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... also told the audience that contrary to industry view, no amount of disclosure will help facilitate informed choice among mum-and-dad investors. He said the industry needs to address this "information asymmetry". Meanwhile, Bissaker focused on what he ...

The hedge that saves

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Global insurers that invested heavily in so-called 'investment guarantee' products escaped the brunt of the liquidity crisis, giving actuarial firm Milliman the idea to explore how the same strategy could work for mums-and-dads investors in Australia. ...

Mums-and-dads want investing made simple

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... investments?" According to Jacquelyn Humphrey, a PhD student at the University of Queensland Business School and author of the report, mum-and-dad investors tend to focus on relative fund performance and "raw" returns while institutions focus on more ...

Govt outlines credit reg reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
In a major step towards reforming regulation of credit products, the government has released a green paper outlining how the States could transfer powers over mortgages, mortgage brokers, margin lending, non-bank lending and trustee companies to the ...