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Superfund opens alternatives fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... exposed to four underlying strategies. Half the Australian domiciled fund is allocated to one fund; the Superfund Blue SPC Class A shares which is a market neutral long short equity trading strategy. The three other underlying strategies are medium to ...

High school fin literacy for Aussies

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
Insurance and super will soon be explained to high school students via a new government and ASIC-led financial literacy resource. Senator Nick Sherry, minister of superannuation and corporate law and Tony D'Aloisio, Australian Securities and Investments ...

Credit Agricole enters ETF market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
Credit Agricole has become the next big name to launch a suite of exchange traded funds (ETFs), providing a suite ETFs to the French market and plans to have $20 billion in assets under management in the product in just over three years. Credit Agricole ...

Rainy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
Australian equities remained in the doldrums in spite of the hopeful promise that came about with the changing of the guards at the White House. Senator Barack Obama's triumphant victory in the US Presidential election was welcomed with jubilation the ...

Mercer invests $35m in commodities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
Mercer's investment arm is tapping into the commodities sector with a $35 million investment mandate in H3's Global Commodities program. H3's commodity program returned more than 13 per cent over a one year period to September against the Dow Jones ...

RIMES and MSCI Barra team up

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... products include indices and portfolio risk and performance analytics for use in managing equity, fixed income and multi-asset class portfolios. "Investors will now be able to combine BarraOne's leading analytics with RIMES' extensive benchmark coverage ...

AustSuper seeks equities and FI experts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... manager will lead the review of the current fixed interest portfolio and make recommendations regarding the current asset class construction. They will also be in charge of the appointment and termination of managers. The super fund is also looking to ...

PowerSuper launches warrant product

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
Self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees have more options to purchase property after PowerSuper launched its warrant loan product. The product uses funding from ING DIRECT and is structured to ensure the SMSF trustee has complete control of the investment. ...

Schroders eyes credit markets

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... US] Treasuries that yields about 2.5 per cent - that's about a 17 per cent risk premium embedded in that particular asset class," he said. Defaults are definitely going to pick up, acknowledged Doyle, but he points out that a lot of these problems occurred ...

Dubai to swoop in bad market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... or even weeks ago," he said. "The Dubai model remain[s] strong; openness, excellent infrastructure and logistics, a world-class regulatory framework, strong macroeconomic fundamentals and knowledge clusters that attract foreign direct investment and ...