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Perennial and Hyperion sign UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
Home grown boutique fund managers Perennial Investment Partners and Hyperion Asset Management have become the latest Aussie signatories of the UN PRI. According to Perennial chief executive Anthony Patterson, the fund manager had taken an interest in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... but the market remains relatively negative. All eyes are on reporting season and the deterioration of the US economy, and ours." Rio Tinto surged $2.90 or 6.88 per cent to $45.05, while Fortescue Metals Group leapt 16 cents or 9.04 per cent to $1.93. ...

Future Fund posts 6pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
The Federal Government's Future Fund suffered a 5.86 per cent loss for the quarter and reduced its $31 billion cash holding by 10 per cent, according to its latest portfolio update. For the first six months of the 2009/09 financial year, the fund lost ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume ...

Don't worry, be happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
'Be careful what you wish for.' If there is only one thing Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens will be remembered by, it could be his rational warning to Australians. In a speech before a function sponsored by the Committee for Economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
Australian stocks were marginally higher at noon after falling oil prices and easing credit markets helped soothe investor jitters on Wall Street overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 19.2 points, or 0.48 per cent, at 4,032.6, after ...

Motivational advice for advisers

FINANCIAL STANDARD IS THE OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNER OF THE AFA CONFERENCE  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
Motivation is hard to come by when the entire world is suffering from a debilitating crisis of confidence, but an upcoming adviser conference will highlight that persistence in the face of adversity pays. The organisers behind next week's Association ...

BT Wrap tops adviser choice

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
BT Wrap has won the "Most Popular Primary Platform" title in this year's Wealth Insights Adviser Trends report. According to the report, which surveyed 750 advisors, 17 per cent ranked BT Wrap and its badged versions as their top platform for placements. ...

NZ Super suffers $568m loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... pleasant, is not outside the bounds of our long-term expectations to date. Investment opportunities for a long-term fund like ours are on the rise. We remain disciplined in our decision making," said Orr. In other news, the Guardians of NZS confirmed ...

Let's make the ETS workable: BCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
Business Council of Australia (BCA) criticisms of the government's emissions trading system are not a rearguard action against fighting climate change, but constructive suggestions about how to make it work better. Speaking at the Sydney Institute last ...