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Morningstar awards top fund managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... In a year where only the fittest survived, seven fund managers including Schroders, Vanguard and Platinum proved they're on top of their game. Schroders took the top award, Morningstar Fund Manager of the Year 2008, in the annual awards event held in ...

Westpac launches BlueChip20

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... chip stocks to entice generation X into the market. The BlueChip20 SMA allows investors to build a portfolio in Australia's top 20 firms for a $2,500 investment. The fund is targeted at investors aged between 25 and 40 years who work full time, earn ...

GFC in a fortnight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... lay off 1850 workers. At the same time, Macquarie Bank reportedly sent another 40 staff from its funds division packing, on top of the 1047 it cut before Christmas. Boart Longyear warned of adding more to the 200 positions it had already let go. Law ...

Subsidise financial advice: Shiller

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... best-selling book 'Irrational Exuberance' at a financial planning forum in Sydney this morning. Dr. Shiller, ranked one of the top 100 most influential economists in the world, and among those who predicted last year's financial crisis as far back as ...

Rising above the average: Fiducian

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... run. But stretch that time over the five-year period and seven-year period and those invested in Fiducian's products enjoyed top quartile result. Singh said the key is that they stick to investment strategies that are transparent and while that may result ...

Back to school for Sunsuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
Sunsuper has unveiled a new online money and super school that features a suite of interactive audio modules about investment and superannuation issues. The online school covers topics such as good debt, bad debt, investing in property to more complicated ...

SMSFs breach asset rules

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... personal cheque account. The latest research from SMSF administrator and auditor Partners Superannuation Services found that the top reason SMSFs breached their fund rules last year was because they have exceeded the 5 per cent limitation on their "in-house" ...

Super and pensions under attack

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... Ingles. This inequity is why "superannuation tax concessions have been a bone of contention for the welfare sector." "The top five per cent of individuals accounting for 37 per cent of concessional contributions," he said. Meanwhile, The Brotherhood ...

Advisers award top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... Features. In annuities, Challenger snapped the Short Term Annuities and Long Term Annuities awards while CommInsure received the top marks in Lifetime Annuities.

Sovereign wealth funds to buy more equities

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Nearly one third of sovereign wealth funds that control over $7 trillion in assets are aiming to increase their investments in equity markets during the second half of 2009, new figures show. According to a survey by FD, 70 per cent of the hedge funds ...