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Yen caught in crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
Now it's the Japanese yen's turn. The current financial crisis that started in the US sub-prime sector and had been strangling the stock and money markets is now morphing into an exchange rate problem. Increased risk aversion and the unwinding of yen ...

CFD traders hibernate during crisis

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
The number of 'dormant' contracts for difference (CFD) traders rose 71 per cent from April last year to August 2008 due to market uncertainty. According to the third annual 2008 Contracts For Difference Report by Investment Trends, the number of CFD ...

Fidelity gears for reflation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
Fidelity International has rejigged its asset allocation - buying more US equities and government bonds - to prepare its portfolios for a market that is moving into the reflation stage of the economic cycle. "There's an old adage that says the markets ...

Fortis fund 'On Hold' after CIO departure

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
Fortis Investment's High Income Global Property Securities Fund has been put "On Hold" by ratings house Standard and Poor's following the retirement of Nancy Holland, chief investment officer for the property team. Holland is leaving Fortis at the end ...

Soup for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
You call last week a sell-off, this is a sell-off. Wall Street is now more than US$1,000,000,000,000 (US$1 trillion) cheaper as investors dumped stocks following news of the US House of Representatives' rejection of the US$700 billion financial sector ...

DC pension risk reviews flawed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
Watson Wyatt research revealed less than one fifth of defined contribution (DC) pension schemes carried out a risk assessment in the last 12 months despite continued bad markets. Gary Smith, Watson Wyatt senior DC consultant, said this number of risk ...

SEQUAL appoints new chairman

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
SEQUAL has promoted its current deputy chairman, Martin Lynch, to the role of chairman to the reverse mortgages industry body board. Lynch is the head of reverse mortgage at ABN AMRO, having joined the firm in April 2005 to establish their reverse mortgage ...

AGEST quadruples cash option to $400m

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
The $3 billion government superannuation fund AGEST Super is tightening its purse strings on new mandates and has quadrupled its cash option to $400 million in less than nine months. According to Michael Seton, AGEST Super chief executive, the fund's ...

US growth disappoints

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
The US equity market's performance continues to be dictated by the inflow of economic indicators during this data-filled week. Australian equities, in turn, dance to its tune. The local bourse maintained its gains at the close of yesterday's trading ...

UN PRI enlists 400 firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
The number of signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) broke the 400 mark this month, rising by more than 70 members since the beginning of the year. In total, UN PRI signatories, comprise of asset owners, investment ...