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Russell overhauls diversified funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
Russell Investments has revamped the firm's diversified funds, widening its investment ranges for equities and property as part of a move to a 'high conviction' investment approach. Andrew Pease, investment strategist at Russell Investments, said the ...

Soc Gén named best SRI brokerage firm: survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale, UBS and CrA(C)dit Agricole Cheuvreux have topped the list of broker firms for the work on socially responsible investment and sustainability research. The annual Thomson Reuters Extel Survey, which polled more than 1,400 ...

Dixon action on Premium gains momentum

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
Alan Dixon, Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services chief executive, said the firm's call to change how Premium Investors operates has the support of many of the listed investment company's shareholders. The financial planning firm requested a general ...

Black or white - just beat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... To Get By It's Black, It's White, Whoo" No this is not another tribute to the King of Pop...and certainly not another Michael Jackson joke. This is about Wall Street doing a moonwalk to the latest update of Americans' personal income, spending and savings. ...

Rev mortgage guide "out of date": RBS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has criticised a reverse mortgage report - citing it contains case studies that are out of date. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and Paul Clitheroe led Australian Government Financial Literacy ...

Super assets to hit $2 trn by 2015: Deloitte

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
Deloitte predicts assets under the superannuation industry to hit $2 trillion in under six years, with industry funds and SMSFs taking the lion's share of projected post-retirement assets. Deloitte's actuaries, using the firm's superannuation model ...

Hedge funds lag index returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
Global hedge funds trailed behind key global indices as markets staged a recovery although long term figures depict a different picture, according to the latest hedge fund research. The global hedge fund index, domiciled in US dollars, returned 3.5 ...

UBS appoints Asia Pac fixed interest manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
UBS Global Asset Management promoted Anne Anderson to head of fixed income, Asia Pacific. Anderson has worked at UBS Global Asset Management since 1993 and as head of fixed income, Australia since 2004. In this role Anderson will be based in Australia ...

GFC highlights five-year outperformers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
In 2004, Greece held the Olympic Games, Coldplay's Clocks was on top of the charts and, if you invested $1,000 in Perennial, Prime Value or Fidelity's Australian equities fund, that same capital would be worth over $1,700 today. Rainmaker Information ...

Regulator warns on rev mortgages

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and Paul Clitheroe's financial literacy team launched an information guide on reverse mortgages, warning consumers about the possible pitfalls. Thinking of using the equity in your home? A ...