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Souls funds 'On Hold' after CIO resigned

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has placed all three Australian equity funds managed by Souls Funds Management 'On-Hold' following the departure of the group's chief investment officer and small-cap portfolio manager, Frank Villante. Senior analyst ...

IML staff strategy gets nod from ratings firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
Investors Mutual Limited's (IML) revamped staff retention strategy has paid off for the fund manager, resulting in a stable investment team and an upgrade from a ratings firm. In September last year, IML overhauled its staff retention strategy, revamping ...

What China wants China gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
"I want 8.0 per cent or better economic growth this year!" When the Chinese central government issues this request, its subjects only asks, "do you want fries with that?" Sinoland is not called a centrally planned economy for nothing. Early in 2009 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open stronger on Friday after financial stocks propelled Wall Street higher overnight. At 0744 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was up 41 points at 4,860, on a volume ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker on Thursday following a fall on Wall Street as disappointing corporate earnings results acted as a drag on the US market. At 0746 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker on Wednesday following a fall on Wall Street after weak economic data sparked a selling spree. At 0705 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was down 17 points ...

Future Fund trumps market, but only just

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
The $64 billion Future Fund returned 5.6 per cent (ex-Telstra) in the latest quarter, marginally more than what was delivered by asset sector benchmarks. A June quarter versus September quarter analysis of the numbers shed some light on how the fund's ...

Mercer and IPD develop unlisted prop index

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
Mercer and IPD have teamed up to provide a more robust approach to indexing unlisted property investments. The index, Mercer/IPD Australian Pooled Property Fund Index replaces the existing Mercer Unlisted Property Funds Index and the IPD Australian ...

Forward unit pricing at Asset

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
The $1.1 billion Asset Super is adopting a "forward pricing" investment switching procedure - a move that will help the fund combat and prevent market arbitrage. Starting 1 November, the industry fund's weekly unit price that will apply to investment ...

Pleasant and nasty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
It was always going to be this way in every reporting season. There will be surprises - pleasant and nasty. The Dow slipped from the 10,000 mark at the close of trading last week on the back of surprises - the nasty kind - from lower than expected profit ...