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Super funds need low volatility shares for pension portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... fund's inception it has recorded a total return of around 12% per annum with an average yield of about 5%. Tagliaferro, who heads-up the portfolio, says he expects the fund to hold up better than its peers in falling markets because of its focus on higher ...

Fed speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... one? It's premature to tighten policy. No, they could do it in the next few meetings. Let's all collectively scratch our heads people! Rightly or wrongly, we must thank Wall Street's response for it delivered the message to the Fed's message that markets' ...

NAB Wealth profits stable

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... 31 March 2013 were $1.5 billion, up by $43 million or 2.9% compared to March 2012. NAB group executive Andrew Hagger, who heads up the wealth unit, said that adviser numbers increased against March 2012 as the business continued to attract advisers from ...

PIMCO lands former Deutsche Bank market maker

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... Asia-Pacific credit portfolio management and head of portfolio management Australia, and Ramin Toloui and Michael Gomez, global co-heads of emerging markets portfolio management. Prior to joining PIMCO, Ganguly was a director and market maker for Deutsche ...

Top-down approach wins in post-GFC world: Hexavest

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... markets region. However, since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, the correlation has spiked dramatically. Brunelle, who heads up the Montreal-based investment manager's investment committee, told Financial Standard that one of the consequences ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... the 10,000 workers economists expected found work last month. The ABS' Labour Force report for February showed that 71,500 heads found work during the month. But wait...I read that one of my brother-in-arms is not so impressed saying that, "...it's not ...

Hamilton prepares counter-bid for Elders forestry scheme

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... scheme, who believe they are at risk of recording substantial losses on their investment. "There's a shotgun being held to the heads of the growers because if they don't agree then the scheme could be wound up altogether," said Craig. "The really nasty ...

ClearView appoints heads of direct and advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
ClearView Wealth Limited announced yesterday two senior management appointments in its direct and advice businesses. ClearView has appointed Elliot Singfield as head of direct. Since February, Singfield has been leading the Direct business which includes ...

Bernanke pours liquid over Roman burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... to where we were before someone somewhere put this whole brouhaha about early QE withdrawal into the markets' collective heads. That's where we are. But that - and the Italian elections - was a good thing. It caused a pause in the markets' too-fast too-high ...

Clive Levinthal moves from Clearview to Experien

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... Levinthal said he has long been an admirer of Experein's business having been a shareholder for some time. His brother also heads up the Melbourne division. "Experien is one of the fastest growing life risk specialists in the market at the moment and ...