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The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
Just less than a year ago, households, businesses and financial markets were bracing for crude oil at US$200 a barrel. And in July 2008, this fear threatened to become a reality when crude oil prices topped US$147.27 a barrel in the international markets. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... government. General Motors Corp, whose shares have plunged to 60-year lows, said late on Monday it would cut 1,900 factory jobs on top of the 3,600 cuts it announced Friday. In preliminary closing figures, the Dow Jones industrial average shed 176.18 ...

Investing in credit the next big opportunity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... provisions. "This is unlike what often happens in markets like Australia," said Perry. For investors in these loans, they sit at the top of the pecking for reclaimed assets, said Perry. Debbie Alliston, investment director at Apostle Asset Management ...

Pengana Global Volatility gains 24pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... to August. The fund, managed by Al Wilkinson, the man widely credited for creating the VIX (Volatility Index), has been in top form month-on-month since the Global Volatility strategy was launched in Australia last November. Among its early clients is ...

MTAA Super is fund of the year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... awarded the Workplace Fund of the Year in the premium-choice division. The South Australian-based Statewide Super Trust took top honours as Personal Super Fund of the Year for value-choice funds while AustralianSuper took out the award of Personal Super ...

MLC appoints portfolio manager

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... head of fixed income for Pan Europe and Asia Pacific. Most recently, he has been in Hong Kong with UBS. Piper also has strong top-down credentials which MLC will utilise in setting asset allocation and the strategic overlay of MLC's Long Term Absolute ...

Top guns tackle industry challenges

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
They don't have the answer for world peace but five young investment professionals were lauded this week for their papers that offer solutions to the challenges that have long confounded the investment industry. Renee Knapp, a senior claims consultant ...

Select funds top Zenith review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... rankings with two funds rated 'highly recommended'. The firm's Select Defensive Portfolio and Select Growth Portfolio rank in the top three in a review that featured 15 other funds. The review found the Select Defensive Portfolio and Select Growth Portfolio ...

October mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... interest rate by 75 bps to 4.25 per cent and announced that it will accept a wider range of bonds as collateral. This is on top of the government's promise of more tax cuts and increased spending. The People's Bank of China slashed its benchmark lending ...

AFS continues expansion

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... acquisition and succession planning, biannual PD days, compliance workshops, and others. Daly said AFS views itself as the top of the "shopping list" among advisers seeking a relationship with a dealer group.