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Fundie backs strategy with own nest egg

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... materials, where demand has fallen off and there are all sorts of problems, let's play the most defensive names in the most aggressive sectors," he said. Similarly, the fund also invested in the most sturdy financials at a time when the sector was battered. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... and euro on Wednesday as some took the view that the Bank of Japan move was an easing of policy even if it was less aggressive than expected. The Nikkei climbed 125.27 points, or 1.2 per cent, to 10,846.98, its highest finish since Jan 21. The index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
The Australian market has received positive leads from overseas, with securities spiking higher on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold and signalled they would stay down for some time yet. Commodities were higher, too. ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... crying doom and gloom. By the same token, the end has already begun. It began when governments and central banks took aggressive action to ease the credit squeeze that is choking the global financial system. Positive signs that these are working maybe ...

HOSTPLUS pushes into GC retail market

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
HOSTPLUS continues to defy convention by opening a retail shop in Queensland - the first time a non-profit super fund is opening its doors directly to the public and another signal that the Victorian fund is not afraid to expand aggressively outside ...

Asia ushers 2010 with caution

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... the threat of sustained deflation in the US and Europe appears to be slowing, investors are still concerned that the aggressive policy response risks an outbreak of inflation. It is one of the key reasons they will critically examine their strategies ...

AMP broadens risk profile

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... assets), moderately conservative (invests 55 per cent in growth assets), balanced (70 per cent growth), moderately aggressive (85 per cent growth) and aggressive (100 per cent growth). But following a review late last year, the tool now includes two ...

CalPERS opens black book of placement agents...

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
The largest US pension fund responds to mounting concerns about the true nature of the pension fund-placement agent-fund manager relationship by revealing the details of more than 600 placement agent disclosures to the public. The disclosures - received ...

Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... constraints (read, demand for higher wages) and ease inflation pressure. Australia's problem is that the pro-active and aggressive monetary response by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Rudd government's fiscal spending have worked too well ...

Company sales earnings on hold till 2011: Zurich

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... investments at Zurich Financial Services Australia, said overall, local listed companies posted reasonable profits due to aggressive cost cutting strategies but these companies must focus on output for the next year. "For the second round of growth we ...