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Bombay Stock Exchange leads governance reforms

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... question is the Sensex's 50-plus per cent annual growth, which has totally transformed the way aspirational middle and upper class and high net worth Indians save, attracting huge retail inflows into the market. According to figures from the Bombay Stock ...

Gen X and baby boomers clash on FP

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
The recent sub prime-related market re-rating has exposed a divide between how retirees and younger investors perceive the performance of their financial planner. According to the Lifeplan University of Adelaide's International Centre for Financial ...

Schroders expands investment team

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
Schroders has appointed two new analysts to its team, covering Australian mining stocks and credit. Former ABN Amro equity analyst Alex Mears will cover mining stocks within the Australian equities team and report to head of equities research Justin ...

Alt assets boom in uncertain times

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... fundamentals. Infrastructure has particular resonance with pension funds in particular, the report stated, with due to the class' long life, steady cash flow with an inflation hedge and low return volatility. From 2000 to 2006, the class delivered an ...

Platforms demand liquidity on alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... in a balanced portfolio, platforms are still coming to grips with the liquidity and pricing issues surrounding the asset class. Geoff Lloyd, chief executive at Asgard Wealth Solutions, said Asgard's platform provided investors with access to hedge funds ...

ASFA launches three-part super plan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
Soft compulsion, increased advice and standardised investment options would be the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's (ASFA) key goals in the near future, according to chief executive Pauline Vamos. Speaking at the opening day of the ...

Pengana wins $150m QIC mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
... in the US S&P 500 index. Nick Griffiths, chief investment officer at Pengana, said he regarded the strategy as an asset class in its own right and was expanding into other major indices in global stock markets. In September, Wilkinson said the expected ...

Seniors vote against Westpoint

... ACR, Fincorp and Westpoint for example chased the grey dollar through regular radio ads. O'Neill said they welcome ASIC's class action against Westpoint to recoup as much of the combined $320 million that dissipated when the property group collapsed. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... Telstra Corp was four cents cheaper at $4.64 after it a agreed to an out of court settlement of up to $5 million to settle a class action against the telco was announced today in the Federal Court of Australia. Its instalment receipts were five cents ...

Magellan Global is best-of-breed

... opportunity to get in at the "ground level" and warrants immediate inclusion as a "best of breed" candidate within its asset class," said Zenith Partners director David Smythe in a report. Magellan Global is concentrated, with 25 to 50 stocks at any ...