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Long and short funds merge to ride crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
The financial crisis could bridge the gap between diametrically opposed asset managers with more hedge funds merging with long-only funds to slash operational costs, predicts consultancy firm Accenture. Mark Halverson, global executive partner, wealth ...

National clearing house shake-up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
As the government moves closer to firming up its plans for how to deliver its national superannuation clearing house, new models are emerging regarding how it could be done. In the May Budget last year, the Rudd government announced it had allocated ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
So it was, so it shall be. The odds - the Dow fell in 12 out of the past 16 US Presidential Inaugurations - have prevailed. Now it's 13 out of 17. The Dow fell by 4.1 per cent and the S&P 500 dropped by 5.3 per cent as Barack Obama is confirmed as the ...

Santa Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
'Tis the season to be jolly. Christmas has arrived early for equity investors. Or has it? Stock markets around the world rallied between 5 and 8 per cent yesterday and overnight, punctuated by the Dow's peeping above the 9,000 mark in intra-day trade ...

All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
Two million jobs and counting. This is the number of Americans that will bring increased profits to Campbell Soup come Christmas time. And because these ordinary taxpayers' have to give part of their now non-existent income and drastically reduced wealth ...

Dragon still on the rise

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
The global financial crisis may have dealt severe blows to many Western economies, but an expert on China predicts the communist country's investment opportunities remain robust despite the forecasted international slowdown. Xisu Wang, principal consultant ...

Bell AM appoints CEO and COO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
Bell Asset Management appointed Ned Bell as chief executive and Nick Fels as chief operating officer of the restructured international equities firm. Bell has more than 12 years experience managing international investment portfolios in the US and Australia. ...

Karara restructures for Aus eq focus

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
Karara Capital will be a fully employee-owned business after it reshuffled its company structure to focus on its Australian equities expertise. Karara announced yesterday that its key investment staff will continue to manage Aussie equities. The new ...

Future Fund posts 1.81pc first quarter loss

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... Capital Management and Sankaty Advisors manage its alternatives strategies. Advent International Corporation and Horsley Bridge Partners look after the private equity allocation and BlackRock Investment Management manages its overlay strategies. The ...

Three wise economists

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
Hopeful signs that the squeeze on the credit markets is beginning to loosen gave Wall Street another leg up overnight. The Dow closed 4.7 per cent higher, the S&P 500 ended 4.8 per cent up and the Nasdaq rose by 3.4 per cent at the finish. It was the ...