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Sentiment stirs bad mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
OMG! We're in big trouble now - very...big...trouble. Didn't I tell you Virginia? Financial markets see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear? The Dow dropped by more than 100 points -- it's about one per cent in percentage terms but ...

VTP board backs capital return to shareholders

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
The drama that unfolded five months ago, when financial planning firm Dixon Advisory helped oust the board of listed investment company van Eyk Three Pillars, culminated this week with the proposal to return capital back to shareholders. The board and ...

Prison sentence for finance fraudster

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
Hugh Charles Gordon, the former head of Newcastle investment company Whet Investments, was sentenced to 18 months jail, for fraud. Gordon, of Redheads, New South Wales, will be released after serving eleven months but will have to enter into a recognizance ...

HOSTPLUS $1bn mandate up for grabs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
HOSTPLUS is looking to hand out $1 billion in investment mandates across all asset classes this year. Sam Sicilia, chief investment officer of the $7 billion fund, HOSTPLUS, said they are looking to spend the sum on existing mandate top-ups and hiring ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
Australian shares are expected to open higher after US and European stocks and commodity prices gained overnight. At 0655 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 52 points higher at 4,587 points. In economic news ...

Change of heart

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
It wasn't that too long ago that central banks the world over were losing their attraction for the US dollar and diversifying their currency reserves. China, Russia, Asian and Middle Eastern central banks were falling in love with the yen and the euro ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
If you believe the mantra that any economic recovery would not be sustainable without employment growth, then there is now no doubt that Australia has one sustainable economic expansion going. The latest Labour Force, Australia released by the Australian ...

VFMC underperforms across four asset classes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
VFMC has underperformed its benchmarks across Australian equities, private equity, property and inflation-linked bonds over 12-month period to December last year amid a series of reshuffles in senior management and tough investment markets. The investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
The Australian market is likely to open weaker after US stocks retreated following lower-than-expected growth in the United States' service businesses. Major commodities also fell overnight. At 0821 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share ...

RARE wins $200m mandate from CFS

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
RARE Infrastructure has won a $200 million global listed infrastructure mandate from Colonial First State. Matthew Dell, head of retail distribution at RARE Infrastructure, said the $200 million mandate was awarded following CFS' review of their global ...