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Fund managers beat the index but only just

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... years it returned 10.7%, or 8.8% better than the benchmark. Continuum Capital Management's long-only fund Continuum Aggressive topped the one-year rankings with a return of 22.4%, beating the index by 19.4%. Manager performance on global markets was ...

Pensioner inflation hits 4.5%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... contents and services, communication and recreation costs which showed almost no price changes in the past 12 months. The aggressive inflation figures above the RBA's target range highlight the conundrum faced by the Reserve Bank, namely how to control ...

China demand for Australian resources to fall: JP Morgan

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... do not think that policymakers will be inclined to unleash another torrent of credit," she wrote. Ulrich wrote that aggressive hikes of reserve requirement ratios had left about RMB16 trillion of Chinese banks' deposit base frozen. China lifted the reserve ...

Continuum sees value as active managers scrape past benchmark

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
Continuum Capital Management has value opportunities in its short-term sights after Mercer confirmed its aggressive Australian shares strategy as the best performing long only fund last financial year. The Australian share market posted an overall return ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
A significantly wounded retail sector continued to bleed the Australian share market into the red at noon on Thursday. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 16.6 points, or 0.37 per cent, at 4,498.2 while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Goodnight Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... authorities would realise that they could not keep on kicking the can down the road forever and cobble together a more aggressive, concrete and united action plan. In the meantime, it wouldn't hurt to stay on the defensive while we wait. Let's see what ...

BNP Paribas return to defensive fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... equity. "Over the last few years a lot of the fixed income managers, both Australian and global, have been seeking aggressive sources of alpha and sometimes investing in equity type products. We feel the market is rejecting that idea and looking for ...

NAB sued over financial advice

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... The couple claim they told the planner that they did not want to risk their capital, but the NAB had painted them as aggressive investors with a high-risk tolerance. The case, lodged before the Supreme Court of Victoria, alleges that the NAB breached ...

Super the nation's best money aggregator

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Super funds aggregate wealth better than the stock market and it's time the nation harnessed that firepower, said Garry Weaven, chair of Industry Funds Management. Speaking at an IFM superannuation forum yesterday, Weaven said it's the job of trustees ...

DKN acquires 25pc in Godfrey Pembroke firm

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... and Bain & Company. "We want to add about another eight firms over this calendar year under Lonsdale. It is not an aggressive strategy as we are looking for quality, not quantity," said Butterworth. "StrategyOne can now offer our clients a higher level ...