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Van Eyk back on the driver's seat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
Stephen van Eyk, managing director and founder of research company van Eyk Research, will become more hands on after the resignation of the group's research heads, Jerome Lander and Suzanne Tavill. While Tavill left the company last month, van Eyk has ...

Subprime wipes 500bp off loonie pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Canadian pension plans have proven to be far from immune to the US sub-prime crisis, as the sector reported paltry returns for its investors against a backdrop of tightening global credit and recessionary pressures in the US. According to a survey by ...

Direct equities gain ground in platforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
Fund managers can't afford to be complacent after leading platform groups noted a marked shift of fund flows to direct equities instead of managed funds. Anthony Waldron, superannuation and investment manager at MLC, said that while inflows into their ...

Market wrap - midday

After eight sessions in the red, the Australian stock market was finally in the black at midday, boosted by financial stocks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 25.4 points to 5,835.1 while the broader All Ordinaries had climbed 20.6 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
The Australian dollar was weaker at noon as a slide which began overnight on the back of news of banking giant Citigroup's first ever quarterly loss continued through the local morning session. At 1200 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.8823/31 ...

Who cares about the US, it's Asia that matters

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has just released an analysis of how Australia's international trade profile has changed since Federation, confirming just how much our world has changed and why Asia and not the US is what drives our economy. ...

Principal Global appoints Hanel

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
Principal Global Investors Australia has appointed Marcus Hanel to director of third party sales focusing on business growth in Australia. Hanel has more than eight years experience in fund management analysis and financial advice at NAB, MLC and ThreeSixty. ...

China on shaky platform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
As international investment firms jostle to invest in China's growth story, a Wiley-Blackwell report found the country's position might not be as stable as previously thought. China as a Net Creditor: An Indication of Strength or Weakness? Found China's ...

Great Southern branches outside agribusiness

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
Agribusiness manager Great Southern has called on the investment muscle of Perennial, SG Hiscock and Adam Smith Asset Management as it steps out of its traditional domain. Great Southern has launched an All Caps Australian Share Fund and a Domestic ...

Instos to buy more alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
Local institutional investors will continue to pour more money into private equity and real estate, according to a new report on alternative investments. The annual Russell Investments Survey on Alternative Investing report surveyed 326 institutions ...