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VFMC suffers portfolio losses

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... the stockmarket slump when it posted a 28 per cent loss in its Australian equities portfolio for the financial year to 31 March - and a 29 per cent loss in international equities over the same period. VMFC's performance follow one of the most unstable ...

Finovia opts for Select

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
Select Asset Management has scored a portfolio management mandate from new wealth management firm, Finovia Pty Limited. Finovia, a Melbourne based wealth management and strategic financial advisory business established last year appointed Select as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
The Australian share market has received a positive lead from Wall Street with key indices and commodity prices all higher. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 67 points at 3,932. In economic news on Thursday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
The Australian share market has received flat leads from Wall Street, with key indices, oil and copper ending marginally lower, while precious metals were higher. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up ten points ...

Baby boomers hang on to investments

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
Baby Boomers may be sitting tight with their investment strategies, but many are arming themselves with education and taking a more prudent investment approach in a bid to ride out the GFC, new research shows. The latest Retire Ready survey from Commonwealth ...

Future Fund hires more managers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
Goldman Sachs, ING Clarion and Perennial are just three of seven new mandate beneficiaries of the $59 billion Future Fund. According to its latest quarterly update, the Future Fund has appointed new Aussie equities mandates with JF Capital Partners ...

They will, they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
It'll be another case of "will they, won't they" today as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) holds its regular monthly Board meeting. Will they, won't they? The RBA lowered the country's official cash rate to an even 3 per cent last month. This represented ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open in positive territory as both Wall Street and commodity prices were higher overnight. At 0735 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 75 points at 3,939. In economic news ...

Global funds face currency pains

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
Global fund managers have been caught out by the 30 per cent fall in the Australian dollar late last year, forcing some funds to stop distributing income to unit holders for the March quarter. Research firm Zenith Investment Partners reported that the ...

ANZ Super reviews trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
The $1.7 billion ANZ Staff Superannuation Scheme is on the hunt for trustees to join its board - a move that echoes Westpac Staff Super's recent call for members to elect two directors to its own board. Over the next few months, ANZ will be holding ...