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Packer cuts Challenger ties

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... Challenger's secretary Suzie Koeppenkastrop queried the significant change in share price, citing the price of the company's securities from a low of $2.92 on Wednesday, 2 September, to an intra-day high of $3.47 on Friday. In response, Challenger replied ...

AQR launches hedge fund beta strategy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... hedge fund replication process. Rather, you have to manage the strategies like any multi-strategy hedge fund, choosing securities from the bottom up," he said. "Our DELTA strategy currently holds thousands of positions across nine core hedge fund strategies ...

Ipac funnels $50m into alts

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
Ipac joins the fray of fund managers that are eyeing opportunities in debt securities - opening a new portfolio this year that is dedicated entirely to the asset class. According to Jeff Rogers, chief investment officer at ipac which had $12 billion ...

Make advice tax deductible: IFSA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... entry level and ongoing qualifications of financial advisers. Brogden said more could be done to assist the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in its response to potential market misconduct. He said the industry could play a bigger ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... Statistics (ABS) releases its business indicators (including profits and inventories) data for the June quarter. TD Securities and the Melbourne Institute release their inflation gauge for August. The Housing Industry Association releases its new home ...

CFS GAM hires short-term cash manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... across the fund manager's cash portfolios, including swap hedging, trading of derivatives and bank and corporate debt securities. Colonial First State Global Asset Management's wholesale cash fund is rated 'five stars' by Standard & Poor's. The fund ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... Exchange, the September share price index contract was 39 points lower at 4380 on volume of 12,836 contracts. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the market had waxed and waned throughout the day. "The big news today is Woolworths ...

SMSFs targeted in $428k swindle

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... dishonest conduct for stealing nearly half a million dollars from self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation led to Victorian-based Shaun White sentenced to four years and two months ...

Planner appetite for fixed income soar

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... planners' watchlists - but many are still at a loss on how they can best access fixed income investments, according to FIIG Securities. Stephen Hart, head of planner services at FIIG Securities, said while planners are looking to pour more into fixed ...

Bell Direct appoints head of BD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... founding director of Asandas, a full service broker with over 30 advisers. Hayward is a Master Stockbroker member of the Securities & Derivatives Industry Association and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.