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The day the music died

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... it still is...Japan just succumbed to the law of gravity with the news items of the day out on cyberspace providing the perfect excuse for Newton's law to fall (pun intended) on the Nikkei's head. There were those "interpretations" of Fedspeak of QE ...

Tides to turn for Platinum: Neilson

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
Platinum Asset Management's (Platinum) chief executive Kerr Neilson is confident that the fund will be able to turn around a period of underperformance in its flagship International Fund, saying that the current state of the market has turned to favour ...

International investment division behind BTIM success

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... equity now represents about 33% of our funds management operations compared to about 6% three years ago. That size is perfect. It's made a difference without dominating." "We have diversified our business across client, geography and channels and lessened ...

State Super FS appoints Mercer new asset consultant

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... members. SSFS chief investment officer Damian Graham said Mercer's global resources and specialist model will provide the perfect extension to the fund's in-house team. "Mercer's specialist knowledge across a broad range of areas will complement our ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... benchmarks," said analyst Matt Basi at trading group CMC Markets. "Rising demand and falling inflation in China is the perfect combo for cyclical stocks, and new Dow highs only serve to fuel the optimism further in the short term." HONG KONG - Asian ...

Bloomberg to make disclosure announcements via Twitter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
Social media channels can now be used for corporate disclosures as long as investors have been told which social media platform will be used, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced. The ruling applies to social media and other emerging ...

Islamic finance forum to discuss Shariah growth opps

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... a brilliant opportunity to learn about the latest developments and become a part of this growing market, as well as a perfect opportunity to network with leading industry voices, and the promotion of various investment products," said Amanie Advisors ...

SelfWealth provides socially responsible portfolios

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
SelfWealth, an online service that allows investors to compare their portfolios against each other, has partnered with Infinitas Asset Management and will provide a socially responsible and a women-friendly portfolio to its community. SelfWealth users ...

Super members fail to top-up amid 'perfect storm'

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... rapidly ageing population coupled with already strained healthcare and retirement infrastructure means that we may have the perfect storm approaching the world in the coming decades," continued Cahill. "It is clear from this research that the super industry ...

EM managers eye huge super fund opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... managers of all shapes and sizes and from all over the world are vying for institutional mandates in what many see as a perfect window of opportunity in the emerging markets space. A renewed appetite for riskier assets, increasing funds under management ...