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Global hedge fund market shows signs of life

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... start-ups are attracting money from large institutional investors after the global financial crisis pushed many small to mid-tier hedge funds out of the market. Ben Funk, managing director and head of research at Liongate Capital Management, a hedge ...

Macquarie Life releases flexible insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Macquarie Life has launched an insurance product that allows clients to make multiple claims under the same policy and provides greater flexibility on the definitions of conditions. The Macquarie Life Active enables clients to claim when circumstance ...

New mining tax is miners' own idea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... "Consideration is being given to introducing nationally consistent hybrid ad valorem net income royalty systems which use a low first tier ad valorem royalty accompanied by a second tier profit based royalty. "The first tier [should] provide a regular ...

FPA and AFA back members to remain in industry

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... could mean some struggle to get advice. The government's plan to broaden out intra-fund advice, which will develop a two-tier playing field with those under FSR and those not, is a bad idea and not in the interest of consumers," he said.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... Newcrest had lost 74 cents, or 2.25 per cent, at $32.08. "You can see the moves there, and you can also see across second tier resources that there's a bit of improvement there, as well, with the thought of potentially a consistent flow of corporate ...

ESI Super targets younger members on advice

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... its call centre to encourage younger members to seek advice. ESI currently boasts a tiered service arrangement for advice. Tier four represents a full planning suite, while the lowest tier represents less comprehensive services. Petrou said the fund ...

Data data everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
Mondayitis. This and the flood of first-tier economic data set to be released later in the week will keep the Australian financial markets well, a bit out of sorts today. Friday night's performance on Wall Street was not telling enough to sway Australian ...

Russell ups alternatives exposure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... high-yield and emerging markets debt exposure. Logan Circle Partners runs a high-yield debt mandate concentrating on the higher tier of sub-investment grade names, around the BB rating. Massachusetts-based DDJ Capital Management manages the lower tier ...

Brand survey highlights top banks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... resolution systems." CHOICE's bank satisfaction survey, conducted in September this year, found mutual society and second tier bank customers are more satisfied with the level of service from their financial institution than those of the big four.

Westpac Super improves insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
The $2.5 billion Westpac Staff Super has changed the way it calculates death and TPD cover - introducing a tiered structure to better meet members' lifecycle insurance needs. Westpac Staff Super, which had $2.46 billion at the end of June according ...