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Darling buds of May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... listed some indications why May 2009 could prove rewarding for those investors who decide to stay. I pointed to improving dynamics - second derivatives they may be - in the big three economies (US, Japan, China) and how this is improving confidence in ...

NAB gambles on its IFS model

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
NAB's corporate clients must be scratching their heads after yesterday's strategy briefing from new chief executive Cameron Clyne. The corporate lending business will move out of the institutional division, nabCapital, and into the regional business ...

CHAMP buys Centric Wealth

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
CHAMP Private Equity has completed the acquisition of a 75 per cent stake in Centric Wealth and invested $80 million into the boutique advisory firm. The deal follows "overwhelming support" from shareholders of Centric Wealth at a General Meeting held ...

Energy fund bucks market slump

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
The Bakers Alternate Energy Fund finished 2008 with a 0.2 per cent positive performance - yards ahead of the S&P/ASX300 Index's 42 per cent loss over the last calendar year. The Australian share market suffered massive losses of up to 41.73 per cent ...

Asia FMs to wield more power

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
While US and European fund managers are reeling from the wave of investor redemptions during the credit crisis last year, their Asian counterparts enjoyed net inflows to the tune of US$140 billion. According to a report from US-based researcher Strategic ...

DB back in vogue: Equipsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
Volatile markets and negative returns have turned investors off accumulation schemes towards defined benefits, said Equipsuper. The $4.2 billion Equipsuper's chief executive Robin Burns said defined benefits account for around 40 per cent of the fund's ...

RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets today to assess the country's monetary policy settings. Financial markets remain convinced that the RBA will hold rates at a 12-year high of 7.25 percent after its meeting today. However, recent data showing ...

UK instos back climate change fundie

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), UK's second largest pension fund, is joining three other institutional investors in investing more than $160 million in Climate Change Capital Group. The USS together with Alliance Trust, SNS REAAL N.V., and ...

FPA to offer Life Risk course

The Financial Planning Association is to provide accreditation in speciality professional areas, with the Life Risk Advisers program the first off the rank. FPA chief executive Jo-Anne Bloch said the FPA has developed the new education program to enable ...

Ascalon treads global commodity path

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
While the performance of listed property and hedge funds falter in the wake of the US sub-prime disaster, fund managers such as Ascalon Capital Managers are steering their attention to the global commodity sector to maximise investor returns. The St.George ...