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CERTITUDE appoints head of distrib

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
Former Credit Suisse and MillhouseIAG executive Hector Ortiz was named new head of distribution for CERTITUDE Global Investments. Ortiz, whose role started on September 6, is responsible with the distribution of the company's key products, namely the ...

Snakes and ladders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
What the? The past three straight trading days on 'The Street' provided a perfect specimen of investors' one data point to the next data point existence. Day 1. Overall US non-farm payrolls fell by less than expected in August. Private sector jobs increased ...

True Lies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
"Same thing happened to me with wife number two, 'member? I have no idea nothing's going on, right? I come home one day and the house is empty, and I mean completely empty. She even took the ice cube trays out of the freezer. What kind of a sick bitch ...

Market Wrap - morning

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market has received a negative lead from offshore markets, after Wall Street closed lower and oil prices fell. At 0747 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 27 points lower at 4,550 points ...

Fixed income prone to emotion-led choices

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
According to the fourth research paper on "Greed and Fear" released by Tyndall Investments, investor psychology is very much a force in today's fixed income market - not just in equities. Tyndall noted that investors need to adopt long-term strategies ...

Fully hedged funds are the past decade's winners: Zenith

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
In its recently released international shares sector report, Zenith Investment partners found that in the past decade, a fully hedged approach to currency exposure would have provided the best returns. During the decade, the Australian dollar appreciated ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
Is this it? Is this the one? Is this the beginning of the end of uncertainty and the start of Wall Street's rebound to higher highs? Over the past oh so many months, we've seen strong daily rallies on Wall Street almost always followed by investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
The Australian markets have received positive leads for the third consecutive day, with stronger performances in overseas markets overnight. At 0713 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 30 points at 4,559. ...

Double positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... double-dip now, ey...punk? The financial press didn't even bother mentioning that US construction spending fell by 1 per cent in July - the third straight monthly decline. If they did, it was buried deep way down several paragraphs. Worst, June spending ...

StatewideSuper appoints JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
In what it calls one of the most important board decisions it will make this year, StatewideSuper has signed JANA for three years, terminating its previous asset consultant, Access Capital Advisers. The new contract began on August 9. The fund expects ...