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Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
... Quaden stated that the ECB will continue to raise interest rate if inflation pressures persist along with economic growth above potential. Quaden emphasised that there is not a definite schedule for the implementation of interest rate hikes. Japanese ...

ACT govt slashes SG

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
... to their super. Data from the Commonwealth Grants Commission revealed the ACT's cost of superannuation to be 139 per cent above the national benchmark.

Mercer breaks into retail MTM

... self-funded retirees, but are longer-term investors of at last three years." Besides the fund's target income of 2.5 per cent above bank bill rates, the fund's underlying assets mean there is potential for capital gains on top of the income. Fund managers ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
... non-manufacturing index declined to 60.1 in May from 63.0 in the previous month. All of the index's components remained above the important 50 expansion/contraction delineation mark. Worrying though is that prices paid rose to 77.5 in May - the highest ...

Common sense rules in portfolio construction

... managers to demonstrate their 'superior' construction skills. The Sharpe Ratio measures the trade off of excess returns above cash relative to risk or volatility of the returns. "What I showed in my thesis was that given the statistical properties of ...

Consulting market tipped for further consolidation

... committed to appointing best of breed processes and is confident that further in-house participation in its multi-manager funds above the existing BT managed enhanced cash and foreign currency hedging overlay will follow. Further to the above it should ...

VFMC bears teething pains to woo top talent

... of this article stated that VFMC will have a bias towards Melbourne-based fund managers. This is incorrect. As mentioned above, VFMC does not have, and will not have a bias towards any particular fund managers.

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
... intervention and closed at 8.0062. This is the first time that the Chinese government has permitted its currency to break above this psychological point and has prompted speculation that authorities in Beijing would allow a faster appreciation of the ...

Pentacle hits the market with diversified direct property

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
... access to sector specialists was extremely limited for these types of investors. "We are targeting a return of 3 per cent above the long-term bond rate, and that's not a hard ask," Professor Officer said, explaining the product's investment horizon. ...

More meat in Meat Super

A little known super fund for the meat industry holds the title of the "lowest cost fund in the country" with above average returns to boot. The Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund (MIESF), which manages super for red meat abattoirs and poultry ...