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Trilogy hops on netwealth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
Trilogy Funds Management's first Mortgage Income Trust is the latest addition to the netwealth Investment and Super Wrap platforms. The Trilogy trust is an open-ended, unlisted mortgage trust made of a pool of registered first mortgages secured over ...

Baby boomers rethink retirement strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
The doom and gloom of global financial markets has forced more than three quarters of baby boomers to consider changing investment strategies to boost their retirement savings, according to a Commonwealth Bank survey. The survey found almost half of ...

Margin lending collapses risk regulatory over-reach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
The collapse of some boutique margin lenders is prompting calls for more regulation, but regulatory overreaction leading to overreach may cause even bigger structural problems. To illustrate the conundrum, it's worth reviewing some of Reserve Bank Glen ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
The Australian share market has received positive but indifferent leads from Wall Street leading into opening this morning, although the high-tech Nasdaq index was up more than one per cent. In London, base metals were down. There was little clue from ...

MAN hedge fund gets top rating

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
Recently launched hedge fund MAN RMF Dynamic has been awarded a "highly recommended" rating by Zenith Investment Partners - the only product to achieve the standard in the ratings house's hedge fund of fund scoreboard. The fund gives investors the opportunity ...

Finance jobs fall 8 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
Slowing market conditions are finally flowing through to the finance sector with advertised job vacancies falling 8 per cent in over a one month period. Grant Montgomery, managing director of E.L Consult who conducted the Executive Demand Index, said ...

Invesco hires ex-JANA exec to lead Aus eq quant

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
The Australian arm of global fund manager Invesco has launched a new Australian equity capability and recruited a former JANA consultant to lead the team. The equity capability is specially tailored for the Australian market and was developed over the ...

Flight of the squeamish

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
Recent machinations within bond markets should remind all that a month is a long time in capital markets. Early March global yields were shifting south in excess of 18bp. While 10-year yields in Australia avoided such sharp falls due to a better performing ...

MBP signs to UNPRI

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
Fund manager Maple-Brown Abbott has signed on to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) - a decision that will see the firm overhaul its corporate governance and investment strategies going forward. According to a statement ...

Agriculture drives biofuel investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
As agriculture continues to outperform, the push for sustainable biofuels will only increase investor appetite for investment opportunities in the sector. According to the Commonwealth Bank, "Australia's listed agribusiness sector has significantly ...