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Best house in the slums

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... upward pressure on wages and therefore, general inflation. But the RBA is on the case and is nowhere near going to be aggressive as its Chinese counterpart. It's got the freely floating Australian dollar as helper. This means that despite the pause in ...

Zurich eyes platforms for growth

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... expand it to three or four. "What we're doing over 2011 is starting to shift that focus a little bit from being so aggressive in adding new products, to actually look at the penetration of the products that we have across various dealer groups and their ...

Asgard ramps up ETFs and direct equities strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
The newly-appointed head of Asgard, Craig Lawrenson, has mapped out a three-year business plan, including a more aggressive strategy towards providing direct equities, model portfolios and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to its platform. Lawrenson said ...

Dark pools get darker

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... other recent deals meaning Instinet clients can now access 11 alternative liquidity pools in Asia. "We've been very aggressive in pursuing these kinds of linkages in Asia, as our goal is helping our clients get ahead of the fragmentation curve in Asia. ...

Qantas eyes alternatives, cools on equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... The $5 billion super fund has made a 5 per cent boost to its return seeking alternatives held within its Growth and Aggressive options. The 5 per cent boost means more funds will be allocated to mandates covering unlisted infrastructure, unlisted property ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
"...there would appear--all else being equal--to be a case for further action." With these words, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke virtually ensured that Christmas is coming in November - no ifs, ands, buts or maybes. At least, that's what financial ...

ETF portfolio vs Future Fund portfolio shows gap

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... and debt, it is relatively conservative compared to one he would construct for a retail investor. "I think it's not aggressive enough in a sense that its emerging market is only 3 per cent of its global equity portfolio while its portfolio is dominated ...

Infocus FUM grows to $3bn

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... the period and increased total adviser numbers by 13 per cent to 144. Steinhardt said Infocus planned to continue its aggressive expansion strategy in the coming year, targeting a number of domestic markets. "We already have a strong presence in Queensland ...

Lazard Carnegie Wylie offloads local Dun & Bradstreet

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... equity firm Lazard Carnegie Wylie for A$233 million. The deal will place Australia in the centre of D&B Corporation's aggressive Asian growth strategy, the company said. Christine Christian, chief executive of D&B Australia and New Zealand, said that ...

Core and satellite approach not bulletproof: study

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
Combining a passive core with aggressive satellite managers is at long odds to succeed, according to the findings of a new study. The research, conducted by Ankura Capital, has raised serious questions over the suitability of the multi-manager approach ...