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University students to run hedge fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
An industry-backed hedge fund has launched at the University of New South Wales, where students will run a concentrated long-short portfolio of ASX 300 stocks with ESG filters. Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) general manager Michael ...

Beer tap runs dry for $2 billion manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
A $2 billion manager - which at one point had 22% of its total equities portfolio invested in beer stocks - sold off the last of its positions in the brewing industry as it sees valuations peaking. Brewing company valuations shot up as a wave of consolidations ...

Labor's imputation credit reform cops industry backlash

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... of super, leaving more people reliant on a taxpayer funded retirement, she said. The Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) also strongly opposed "tweaking the tax system." The proposed changes will penalise investors who prefer high dividend-paying ...

Whitehelm appointment and acquisition

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016

Plus ca change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... without saying where it got the information." We know what happened then...Greece's deadline extended to this month. "Plus ASa change, plus c'est la mAame chose."

Fund manager fees too high: David Neal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... $117 billion sovereign wealth fund continues to rely on "strongA partnershipsA withA managersA under arrangementsA that areA asA costA effectiveA andA wellA alignedA asA possible." He added that the benefits of a strong "one team, one portfolio" culture ...

Breathing space or gasping room?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... they're now called the "institutions" - the one it has successfully (?) negotiated to extend over this weekend passed. "Plus ASa change..." We won! We won! In a televised statement last Saturday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared, "Yesterday ...

Dip-buying pays

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... is, "presumably yes". On second thought, make that "logically yes" for what does it profit the Fed if the markets tank? Plus ASa change...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell following disappointing economic data. At 0645 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up five points at 5,431. US consumer spending, which accounts for ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
"Plus ASa change, plus c'est la mAame chose!" Pardon my french, Virginia. But nah, I'm not swearing... it's an honest to goodness French phrase that translates to "the more things change, the more they stay the same." This came to my balding head as ...