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Christian Super takes $30m cash strategy in-house

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
Christian Super has pulled its $30 million cash mandate out of an external fund manager after the number of members invested in its cash option spiked from 0.5 to 8 per cent of its entire membership base. Peter Murphy, chief executive at Christian Super ...

Ways to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... The domestic equity market's upward momentum has picked up in recent months. This could be derived from the recent strong spike in the 12-month moving average in the ratio of stocks that rose versus those that fell. Although a highly volatile indicator ...

Volatility: a new asset class?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
Volatility is not just a market barometer of investor sentiment, it is an emerging asset class too, said a fund manager that has amassed $5.8 billion on volatility strategies since 1999. French fund management giant Credit Agricole Asset Management ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
The Australian share market was flat at noon on Thursday, with gains among the banks and losses in the resources sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 10.5 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 3,893.6 points at 1200 AEST, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Global infra funds fall short

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... traditional Australian and global equities," said Eu Jo Chan, investment analyst at van Eyk. "However taking into account the spike in correlations it is clear that everything was sold off together." The van Eyk review initially included 13 fund managers ...

Slippery - watch your step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... depends on how far and fast oil prices go. Recall that rising oil prices and rising commodity prices contributed to the sharp spike in inflation pre-GFC and the consequent increases in interest rates. Recall the decline household disposable income this ...

Mortgage funds redux

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... bank guarantee last October, forcing many mortgage funds to freeze 'unlimited' redemptions because of the unsustainable spike in redemption requests. The change to a monthly redemption, initially at a maximum of 1 per cent of units held (but could increase ...

Easing Libor pains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... just 0.785 per cent overnight, 4 basis points below last Friday's close and 403 basis points down from the 10 October 2008 spike of 4.82 per cent when it first dawned on one and sundry that the world is collapsing into a global recession. Why is the ...

Risk of indigestion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
Whoa boy! Take it easy. How many times have we been admonished by our elders to chew our food slowly right in the middle of chomping down a big chunk of that juicy, tender, savoury steak? Not once, not twice but many, many times. Because it is the me ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
'Never underestimate the power of optimism.' (Camp Quality) This was perfectly proven by the equity markets' strong performance last week where many of the indices - if not all - spiked to their best weekly gain since November 2008. News reports and ...