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MacarthurCook and JF Meridian trade $32m Canberra property

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2006
MacarthurCook Funds Management has bought into Canberra's hot commercial property market, taking on a $32 million property from JF Meridian Management Limited. Andrew Butler, JFM director, said, "We have added significant value to the asset with our ...

Asset Super boost insurance and appoint MLC

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2006
Asset super's board have awarded their insurance mandate to MLC, in a move away from their current manager, Tower Life. The move, which will also usher in increased cover being offered to members as high as 50 per cent above their current insurance ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2006
The almost simultaneous interest rate hikes by six central banks over the past two days drive home the point that rising inflation is a global problem. The move towards tighter monetary policy started with a surprise 175 basis point rate hike by the ...

Mercer breaks into retail MTM

Mercer Global Investment (MGI) announces its arrival into the retail multi-manager (MTM) market space this week after carving its reputation in institutional MTM 10 years ago. Head of MGI Australia and New Zealand, Gary Burke, said that the $78 billion ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
US financial markets took a beating overnight with the stock market, the bond market and the US dollar all retreating. The S&P 500 index fell by 1.8 per cent - the worst performance since January 20, the Dow Jones average fell by a similar 1.8 per cent ...

Common sense rules in portfolio construction

Investors should not abandon a common sense approach to managing their portfolio after new academic research found that many claims about the superior portfolio construction of fund managers can not be statistically tested or verified. Steve Christie ...

NAB financial planner guilty of fraud

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
A former NAB financial planner has pleaded guilty to 13 criminal counts of dishonest conduct and fraud in the District Court of NSW. Paul Drakos, from the Central Coast in NSW, yesterday entered a guilty plea to eight counts of dishonestly obtaining ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open firmer as US stocks continued to push higher and base metal and commodity prices also remained positive. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was 33 points firmer at 5293. On the day the ...

Suncorp promotes CIO as Kluge moves to Allco

Suncorp Investment Management has promoted its chief investment officer Dr Stephen Lam to general manager after long-time general manager Maurice Kluge moved to Allco Finance. Dr Lam will take on the dual role of chief investment officer and general ...

Investors strike gold with LinQ

The new wunderkid in resources is Perth-based fund LinQ, which has managed to grow investor money by as much as 500 per cent thanks to astute plays made here and overseas. LinQ started life as Rothschild's resources fund 'Golden Arrow Fund II'. But ...