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Hindsight strategy a winner: GSJBW

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... Guarantee at maturity. The Food, Feed, Fuel II Fund provides investors with exposure to agricultural commodities such as corn, sugar and soybean via the Standard & Poor's (S&P) GSCI Biofuel E40 Excess Return Strategy. The Sustainability Fund provides ...

Attack tax with tact

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
One of the major recommendations that came out of the recent 2020 Summit was for a "root and branch" review of tax system even though we all know this is just code for Prime Minister Rudd wanting to increase, not lower, the tax take. Case in point is ...

Market bottom approaches, recovery expected soon

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
Investors need to put the latest stock market correction into perspective as it is just a five-yearly pattern repeating itself, explained the KBC investment banking group that is represented in Australia and New Zealand by Liontamer, in a recent global ...

JPMorgan buys $342.5 bn Nordic custody service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services has purchased the institutional custody portfolio of Nordea, one of the largest Nordic banks with $342.5 billion in assets under custody. According to a JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services (JPMorgan), the deal ...

China response has big trade implications

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
With pressures growing on Prime Minister Rudd to scold China over its treatment of Tibet, the irony is that its left to just to the Prime Minister to defend our position even though the beneficiaries of our China relationship extend into every corner ...

Russell MM scores top marks

Russell Investor Services' multi-manager sector and diversified funds have scored a fourth consecutive 'highly recommended' rating in Lonsec's annual Multi-Manager Review. The researcher noted in its review that 'Russell draws competitive advantage ...

Russell combines retail and insto

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
Russell Investment Group has merged its Australian and New Zealand institutional and retail businesses under the Investor Services banner. Former head of Russell's retail investor services, Chris Corneil, has been appointed head of the Investor Services ...

AWU campaigns for opt-in super

The Australian Workers' Union national secretary Paul Howes has called on the Federal Government to allow Australian voters the option to direct their tax cuts into their super fund. In an articled published in today's Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne ...

Investors swarm to Asian hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
The Asian hedge funds industry continues to expand exponentially as investors flock to pour more than $12.4 billion into the market last year. New data by global hedge fund research house, Hedge Fund Research (HFR), show assets in the Asian hedge industry ...

Valad splurges $138m for debut purchase

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
Time waits for no man, and Valad Property Group has certainly taken the proverb to heart as it wastes little time in snapping up three London office properties with its newly established UK Opportunity Fund. The $137.8 million purchase is the first ...