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Aviva Investors outlines top tips for 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
Solid earnings growth should propel Australian stocks higher next year, while US bond yields could be set for sharp increases as investors become more confident and shift back into equities. These are the views of Aviva Investors, who believes the local ...

Wrong answer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... didn't do his homework. For it was only 11 days ago, on Friday 3 December 2010, that Xinhua news agency reported that Beijing's top honchos announced that they are switching their monetary policy from a moderately loose to a prudent monetary policy. ...

Avoid AMP Aussie shares fund: Morningstar

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... month. Morningstar said overall the long-term performance of the fund has been good, with the strategy being counted in the top half of its peer universe over longer time frames. However, due to staff turnover, the ratings house said it wouldn't be surprised ...

AIA wins $160m Sunsuper mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
AIA Australia cements its top spot as Australia's biggest group insurer after clinching a $160 million contract with Sunsuper. AIA replaces Suncorp Life to provide death, disablement and income protection insurance cover to over one million members ...

Mercer outlines top trends for 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
A flight to emerging markets, persistent weakness in the US dollar, and more demand for retirement products are just some of the themes Mercer expects to occupy the minds of investors next year. Many of the themes Mercer outlines overlap with its predictions ...

Fairview beats benchmark by a mile

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... annum - an average 18 per cent outperformance over its benchmark for each year. Fairview said that over the past 12 months top contributors to its returns have included salary packaging company McMillan Shakespeare, gold company Andean Resources, Centennial ...

Nikko snaps up Singapore fund manager

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... managers. Prior to its recent acquisition spree, a survey by Towers Watson had Nikko ranked 113th in a list of the world's top 500 fund managers. The deal gives Nikko a significant foothold in Malaysia through DBSAM's large stakes in two asset managers ...

60 Minutes deception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... first run, they still didn't like it on replay. Personally, I wasn't surprise that he said what he said. Big Benny is the top money man. What he said is what you and I would expect from anyone who controls the flow of dineros. However, I also think that ...

Super fund recovery 6pc but big funds fail to fire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... super funds - strong relative returns. "The two can happen simultaneously but one does not imply the other," it said. "The top performing funds this year are the small boutique super funds that have less than $5 billion in assets. They made up 14 of ...

FX broker IPOs on Wall St

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
Currency remains one of the hottest topics in financial services and that was reinforced overnight with online foreign exchange broker FXCM raising more than US$200 million through an initial public offering of shares on Wall Street. The company's shares ...