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Ignore global benchmarks: Aberdeen

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
... diversifying equities investments. "We believe that if a portfolio has 50 per cent in any asset class, be it sector or country, then that portfolio is not diversified in an absolute sense," he said. For this reason, he said, Aberdeen's International ...

Mutiple super costs $315m: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
... research. To put in perspective, the estimated $315 million wasted amount in super costs accounts for 0.035 per cent of the country's more than $900 billion in superannuation savings.

Survey predicts more mortgage defaults

... prices for which they were writing mortgages during the survey period. "The survey offers an excellent insight into the country's property market," said Brown. He concluded that overall, the survey reflects a health industry with "new business" to improve ...

PIMCO creates new head of consultant relations role

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
... New Zealand. She has been with PIMCO for more than five years in the institutional account management team. John Wilson, country head of PIMCO, said the creation of the new role fulfilled PIMCO's strategic direction of working closely with asset consultants. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to weaker after a poor lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0705 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down 27 points at 5881. In economic news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia's ...

ING scores top marks in service

... investment updates given to investors. The report also found that ING has the strongest brand equity score out of the country's top 10 investment managers. "Superannuation is easily the best structure for long-term investment and we are working hard ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... Australia has asked the federal government to increase workforce participation and productivity especially given that the country has had fifteen years of economic expansion wherein the appropriate planning should have been taking place. A NAB survey ...

Go green, go dim

... Sydney and Parramatta City Councils, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A concerted effort can make a big impact with the country's commercial business sector accounting for around 10 per cent of national greenhouse gas emissions. An estimated 60 per ...

Mellon scores GESB global mandate

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
... ideas emanating from its global thematic investment framework. Newton's investment approach is relatively unconstrained by country or sector weightings and ideas are workshopped through group debate between the 55 investment professionals working in ...

MIA predicts property slump by 2010

... according to research house Managed Investment Assessments (MIA) based on its sector report polling the views of eight of the country's leading property fund managers. Colonial First State, Challenger, Legg Mason, Perpetual, Principal, Perennial, RREEF ...