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State Super focuses on risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
The $30 billion State Super is focussed on fine-tuning its trustee board's risk detection and management skills to help steer the fund through the global financial crisis. Don Russell, chairman of State Super, said he is looking to boost the involvement ...

Residential property wins

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
Residential property investment is the highest performing asset class over the last 20 years according to latest research, and one way to access it is to buy into pooled residential property funds. Lee Hughes, analyst at property research specialist ...

Malaysia tops shariah funds list

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
Malaysia may have overtaken Saudi Arabia to boast the highest number of shariah funds in the world - but the Asian Islamic country has a long way to go in building up assets for each of its 145 funds, according to a new report. November figures from ...

Drinking is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
What happens in Rome stays in Rome. Or so it should have been were it not for the sudden resignation of Japan's Finance Minister following the meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bankers on Valentine's Day. Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
The Australian share market has received a strongly negative lead from Wall Street securities trading, although precious metals were up. Copper and oil were down. At 0710 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 67 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market was flat at noon, restrained by a financial sector under pressure. By 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was flat at 3,516.9 while the broader All Ordinaries index had added 1.6 points to 3,462.9. On the Sydney Futures ...

Biggest Loser Part 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
The contest for 'The Biggest Loser' went into full swing as bad news continued to flow. Right on the heels of the Eurozone's 1.5 per cent economic contraction in the fourth quarter, Japan's weigh in showed that its economy lost more, down 3.3 per cent ...

BNY Mellon launches Ankura Capital

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
It may be one small step for BNY Mellon but a giant leap for Ankura Capital, an Australian equities fund that will ride on the bank's 34-country strong distribution network to attract overseas money. BNY Mellon Asset Management plans to use its global ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market was marginally lower at noon after falls in the resource sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 25 points, or 0.7 per cent, lower at 3,534.1, while the broader All Ordinaries shed 18.1 points, or 0.52 per cent ...

BNY Mellon to ramp up Asia and Aus presence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
Fund manager and asset servicing firm BNY Mellon plans to increase its manufacturing base in Asia, including Australia, and the launch of its domestic equities fund Ankura Capital is just the beginning of an expansion plan in the year ahead. Visiting ...