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Financial System Inquiry response cut-out-and-keep guide

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) conducted a root and branch examination of Australia's financial system, making 44 recommendations to increase efficiency, resilience and fair treatment of the financial system. In its response, the government has ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
Nikko Asset Management has downgraded its house view on global equities from overweight to neutral to reflect stock prices reaching what it believes to be fair value, particularly in the US. The global fund manager has been positive on stocks since ...

Ellerston named hedge fund of the year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
The Ellerston Australian Market Neutral Fund has taken home the 2015 Australian Hedge Fund of the Year award. Hedge funds of all styles and sizes were recognised at the Hedge Funds Rock event in Sydney's glitzy Ivy Ballroom. Ellerston also collected ...

Macquarie exec leaves to join boutique fund manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... and not-for-profit foundations, we are now responding to a much broader demand for our capabilities including a market neutral style of investing," Horton said. McClure said: "As a longstanding proponent of absolute return investing, I am honoured to ...

SIV opens door to China for fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... Martin, doesn't believe the rule changes will deter too many investors. "The reaction to the new rules was, at worst, neutral," he said. "There was a bit of a rush to get in under the old rules but contrary to all the doomsayers, the Chinese are pragmatic ...

It's not the when but the what happens after

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... of Individual Investors (AAII) Sentiment Survey is any guide. The AAII's survey for the week ending 22 July shows that "neutral sentiment" - expectations that stock prices would remain unchanged - at 41.9%. This, according to AAII, is "above its historical ...

Greece, China damage global hedge fund returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... consequence of the correction in the Chinese stock market, Japanese managers posted positive gains mainly by using market neutral strategies. Globally, hedge fund assets under management increased by US$93 billion ($125 billion) in the first six months ...

Is now the time to buy IOOF?

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... relative to the appropriate benchmark." Credit Suisse analysts Andrew Adams and James Cordukes upgraded the stock from "neutral" to "outperform": "We see [the price fall] as an overreaction and a buying opportunity for investors." Analysts noted that ...

Almost everyone got a bonus this year, report reveals

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... received a higher bonus. Two fifths of respondents (39%) said they were satisfied with their payout while 49% were either neutral or dissatisfied with their bonus. The satisfaction level seems to be higher in asset management (67%) and insurance (60%) ...

Shares fall ahead of RBA rate call

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
The share market has opened lower ahead of the Reserve Bank's interest rate decision. The move comes on a relatively neutral lead from overseas markets, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said. "I think people are more or less content to sit ...