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Avoca patient on industrials evolution

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... July 1 and will target returns of 3-5x returns to benchmark. The portfolio will typically hold 30-70 stocks outside of the top 50 companies listed on the ASX, generally within the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index.

Profits fly high on planes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
Traditional wisdom leads many investors to avoid airlines. But some of the airline industry's top executives explained at an investment seminar on Monday how owning aeroplanes can be very profitable. Fund executives from Investec's Global Aircraft Fund ...

Midwinter takes on Coin, Xplan

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... anymore as we would do all that for them." The independent developer wants to build itself up in this field after earning the top spot in Investment Trends 2010 Planner Technology Report for overall satisfaction. In related news, Midwinter will soon ...

Straus-Kahn stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... below zero last week. The Dow ended the week down only 0.3 per cent and the S&P 500 lower by a miniscule 0.2 per cent. On top of these, most Asian markets closed the week significantly higher. For despite these circulating jitters, most American economic ...

Super problems to short-change retirees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
Deep problems in the superannuation system meant Australians may not have enough money to provide for their retirement despite half-million dollar balances, an industry expert said today. In his keynote speech at the Morningstar Investment Conference ...

UniSuper to shed mandates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Higher education superannuation fund UniSuper has topped the league tables for holding the most mandates in 2010 according to Rainmaker's latest Mandate Chaser report. But that is a bad thing, said John Pearce, chief investment officer of UniSuper ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Rising inflation. Sagging earnings. Sliding oil price. They were the culprits! They sucker punched Wall Street down to its knees while we were sleeping. No Virginia, not again. Don't tell me that just days after the "no one can deny" good news brought ...

Budget 2011: Advisers granted budget wish

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... for 2009-10 were not immediately available. Financial adviser Liam Diggin, principal at Mentor1, had named the reform at the top of his wish list. Today he said he was very happy with the result. "Sanity has prevailed."

Macquarie top mandate catchers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
Investment managers Macquarie Group won 20 new mandates last year - the most of any institution - putting it well ahead of second-placed Schroders according to the latest edition of Rainmaker's Mandate Chaser report. Schroders won 14 mandates, beating ...

Kearney Group earns top planning award

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... April 15. The winner of the National Practice of the Year award is selected on a number of criteria including provision of top quality advice, meeting licensee's standards on "A grade compliance", diversity of income streams and commitment to practice ...