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Hedge funds on a refund policy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
Hedge fund investors are developing new fee structures around long-term performance - putting in place a "refund" clause if the hedge manager underperforms. The latest State Street Vision report on the sector found hedge fund investors are developing ...

Not a happy EOFYS on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
Just when you thought the last day of the month, the quarter and the halfway mark of 2009 would end on a high note for Wall Street, it ended with a whimper. Yes, while we were recharging our batteries -- and dreaming about winning that A$106 million ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger after gains on Wall Street as investors looked optimistically ahead to key economic data due for release this week. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open little changed following a subdued session on Wall Street on Friday that was dominated by profit-taking. At 0710 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up one ...

Super assets drop to $1.03trn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
Super fund assets have fallen to $1.03 trillion at end March 2009, their lowest level since December 2006, according to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Superannuation assets are now down 17 per cent from their peak of $1.24 trillion ...

Up, Down, Flat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
So which is it? Increased, decreased, steady? What did Wall Street really do overnight? The answer is, it depends. It depends on which US stock market average you are looking at. Look at the Dow Jones Industrial Index and you could conclude that the ...

Three FMs pull S&P property ratings

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
AXA Australia, BlackRock and Tankstream Capital have dropped the Standard & Poor's rating on certain property funds. The funds were rated by Standard & Poor's between 2007 and mid 2008 but were placed 'on hold' in August last year when each fund suspended ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
Be scared...be very scared. Yes, the spooks were out again overnight, sending many investors out of Wall Street. Have the bulls been sucked in? Have the bulls become greater fools? While we were sleeping, the S&P 500 tumbled by 3.1 per cent, taking ...

Aviva Aus sale poses revenue risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
The sale of Aviva Australia to NAB raises questions on the future revenue flows of Aviva Investors Australia, the local fund management business excluded from the deal. Aviva Investors Australia, formerly Portfolio Partners, is one of the largest and ...

Future lies in present

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
Have we? Haven't we? Left bottom that is. Or is the taxpayer's impatience to get their money back and authorities' over zealousness to erect new 'thou shall not' signs to police financial institutions taking us back to that dark place we left back in ...