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AIA ranks as best insurance brand

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
American International Assurance (AIA) has beaten Prudential, Life Insurance corporation of India and Ping An Insurance to be the top insurance brand in Asia. According to a survey by TNS and Media, AIA has won the top spot in financial services (insurance ...

India funds in short supply

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
The options available for Australian investors keen to ride the India growth story are surprisingly limited, in stark contrast to the choices they have to invest in China. According to Morgan Stanley, Indian GDP will surpass the US$6 trillion mark by ...

Fiducian posts profits, eyes acquisitions

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Fiducian Portfolio Services has posted a 25 per cent rise in net profit after tax to $4.11 million, with assets under administration improving to $1.14 billion. The group, which has zero debt on its balance sheet, reported solid increases across its ...

Another LIC fails

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
Shareholders in listed investment company (LIC), India Equities Fund, have voted to return capital to investors - highlighting another example of the weaknesses of LIC vehicles. More than 95 per cent of the fund's investors voted for the board's proposed ...

RIP May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
It's a wrap! Once again, the age-old adage "sell in May then go away" re-asserted itself in 2010. It may be the "Year of the Tiger" in the Chinese calendar but for financial markets May is easily the "Month of the PIGS". With only one trading day to ...

India Equities Fund proposes return of capital

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
John Pereira, chief executive of the India Equities Fund, has not ruled out launching another Indian equities strategy but said he is more concerned with meeting existing shareholders and returning capital to investors. According to an ASX statement ...

Super funds could fill resource capital shortfall: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
Super funds should step up to the plate and help with the Australian resources $50-billion funding gap, according to several funds management companies. LimeStreet Capital's research report questions why super funds, including self managed super funds ...

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
In the words of Coney Francis, "Who's sorry now?" "I tried to warn you somehow You had your way Who's sorry now..." Shocked and awed. Yes, Virginia, this was how speculators felt when they were forced to cover their short positions after the European ...

India Equities puts cash to work

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
The India Equities fund has increased its exposure to the Indian finance sector by including Allahabad Bank into the portfolio as its tilt to the country's energy sector falls. The fund has more than $71 million invested across 58 Indian equities. An ...

From ratchet to resilient: an economy in bloom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
Long-time economist Don Stammer described Australia's economy as the 'most potent' in the world, shrugging off the financial crisis like no other - but it faces serious challenges this year and next. Stammer was one of six leading economists that presented ...