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Hunter Hall regains ground

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
Fund manager Hunter Hall has outperformed its respective benchmarks across all of its trusts in the year to October, vindicating the group's stockpicking strategies and value investing model. Speaking at an investor briefing yesterday, the group reported ...

Thanks but no thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... would bump up inflation - not good. Inflation would erode the already low yields bond investors are getting from US bonds. And yes, there's a plus. The Republican's creaming of the Democrats at the just concluded mid-term elections has heightened the ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... China Concern; Treasuries Tumble" - Bloomberg.com. "US shares drop on China inflation worries" - Reuters via the age.com.au Yes folks, it's over cyberspace. Wall Street dropped big time at the end of last week's New York trade because... it hit the great ...

Gen Yers want advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
If you think the majority of people who seek insurance and consolidation advice are older Australians, then think again - new research shows fund members aged 25 and below are the primary seekers of single issue advice. John McMurtrie, chief executive ...

Australian Catholic Super prepares for take-off

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
The $3.7 billion Australian Catholic Super has made a significant investment into Investec's Global Aircraft Fund. Investec said in a statement yesterday that it had won another $50 million for its Global Aircraft Fund via an open ended capital raising ...

ASIC sharpens focus on margin lending

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
More than two years after the Opes Prime and Tricom debacles hurt retail investors, ASIC has put the spotlight back on margin lending again. The regulator issued guidance yesterday, which it hopes will improve protections for retail clients through ...

End the factions: Shorten

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Superannuation minister Bill Shorten compared the bickering among the super fund industry's factions to a Monty Python sketch and said it's time for them to deliver something back to the community in return for the government support they receive. Minister ...

Trustees call to scrap MySuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Two prominent superannuation industry experts have argued that MySuper should be axed, saying it will only worsen member complacency and completely fails to tackle the two major issues in super - engagement and adequacy. David Galbally QC, chairman ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... downgrade only formalised what many silently fear despite the top grade given by New York -based Standard & Poor's and Moody's. Yes, the same ones who gave excellent credit ratings to CDOs and other structured products that turned out to be worthless ...

CBA plans retail bond offering

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
In a huge boost for the dormant Australian retail bond market, Commonwealth Bank announced plans to tap retail investors' appetite for fixed income with the imminent launch of 5-year floating rate notes. The size of the offering is believed to be as ...