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The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... back at the scares that weren't. The Johnny Little's were peddling what they peddled best even before 2013 became 2014 - the sky will fall: China would suffer a hard landing (for sure this time), suffer a credit crisis as its property bubble burst... ...

Blue Sky raises $60.4 million for first listed alternatives fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has raised $60.4 million in the initial public offering of shares in its Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund Limited (Alternatives Fund). The new Listed Investment Company (LIC), set to debut on the Australian Securities ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... a-shopping and sent the S&P 500 index up to a fresh record high. As the Bellamy Brothers sang, "There's a reason for the sunshine sky there's a reason why I'm feeling so high, must be the season..." Nah couldn't be the season, Virginia... it's still ...

Blue Sky directors buy stake in Alternatives Fund IPO

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
Three Blue Sky Alternative Investments non-independent board members will invest at least $1.35 million in aggregate through the initial public offering of the manager's Alternatives Fund. Blue Sky chairman John Kain, Alexander McNab and Andrew Champion's ...

Timely market surge for a tough budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... Records on Tech Rally; Copper Gains. Canadian Stocks Rebound From Worst Week Since June. German Stocks Rise to 11-Week High; Sky Deutschland Gains. U.K. Stocks Climb to 11-Week High as Mining Shares Rally. Indian Stocks Climb to a Record Before Exit ...

Blue Sky launches first listed investment company

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has launched an initial public offering (IPO) to raise up to $100 million to list Australia's first diversified, alternatives-focused Listed Investment Company (LIC) on the ASX. With the listing, the company is aiming ...

New business targets investors' bad habits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
As the number of individual investors skyrockets with the growth of the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector, a new business is about to be launched which aims to help investors overcome bad psychological habits. Behavioural Finance Australia (BFA) ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... oh, with growth (if you could call it growth) like this... a pick-up in succeeding months may not be just be a pie in the sky prediction but a virtual certainty. Last night's eco reports support this. The ADP private payrolls increased by a better-than-expected ...

Blue Sky Water appoints investment director

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
Blue Sky Water Partners, a division of Blue Sky Alternative Investments Limited, has appointed Michael Blakeney as investment director. Blue Sky said Blakeney brings considerable management and investment experience across a range of agricultural enterprises ...

FEATURE: Facing the perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
Australia's life insurance sector has experienced an increase in claims and policy lapses in the last few years. The confluence of factors pressuring the group and retail insurance market has created a perfect storm that has seen insurers' profits plummet. ...