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Citigroup revamps hedge fund platform

Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking has developed a new end-to-end hedge fund platform that it said will allow hedge fund managers to do multi-strategy, multi-asset class and multi-currency investing under one roof. The new front-to-back platform ...

Investors rush for capital protected loans

Investors are going gangbusters for capital protected margin lending products as a way to ride the market mood swings, according to the latest data from the Reserve Bank. Capital protected loans are investment products where the investor is not subject ...

Credit Suisse pulls MasterWrap off the shelves

It was hinted at, talked about and it finally happened this month when investment group Credit Suisse announced its decision to close down its MasterWrap product. The group unveiled its MasterWrap almost two years ago to much fanfare and great expectations. ...

SRIs beat the index time and time again

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2006
Analysis by AMP Capital Investors shows that Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) funds have outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 Index across a range of market conditions over one, three and five years. Senior investment specialist, Angus Dennis, said ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2006
The market is expected to open sharply higher as US stock rocketed ahead after investors interpreted a statement by the US Federal Reserve as suggesting it may pause its interest rate lifting cycle. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...

FPA preps members on conflicts of interest principles

Against the view that many financial planners are putting their own paycheque before their clients' best interests, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) has issued a guide designed to help their members manage potential conflicts of interest. The ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on a strong US lead and solid gains in metal and oil prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange the September share price index was 39 points stronger at 4933. On the day gaming group Tattersall's fronts ...

Genworth study uncovers $41.9bn graduate mortgage market

According to investments and mortgage insurer Genworth Financial Australia, the right mortgage loan products could see the graduate mortgage market grow from $16.6 billion to as high as $41.9 billion over the next 12 months. Genworth, which provides ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open slightly higher despite a mixed session on Wall St and limited gains in metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange the September share price index was 21 points stronger at 4883. On the day Ten Network ...

ASIC charges two over $14.5m fraud

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
Two men, one a former ANZ Bank employee, have appeared in court on multi-million dollar fraud charges following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. Stephen Jenvey and Cedric Anthony, both from Victoria, appeared ...