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HSBC targets instos with hedge fund solution

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... manager selection support from institutional investors. "Institutional investors are emerging from the global financial crisis with a sharp focus on investments explicitly tailored to complement existing holdings and dynamically managed to fit their ...

Hidden threat may lurk on bank balance sheets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... property price growth rates have taken a holiday from the endless consecutive rises enjoyed before the global financial crisis. According to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) monthly banking statistics for May, the Big Four banks ...

New mandate flows increasing but more cash lies in wait

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... appointments have increased to 582 in the year to March recovering to normal levels from the shock of the global financial crisis, latest research from Rainmaker Information shows. The latest edition of Rainmaker's Mandate Chaser has revealed the number ...

The other Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... other structured investments back in the days -- when the GFC stood for Geelong Football Club and not the Global Financial Crisis - encouraged investors to go on a buying spree. And while we're at it, Standard & Poor's was also back in the headlines ...

China-Gillard tug o' war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... cent. This pace is not far above the disappointing annual rate in spending witnessed at the height of the global financial crisis in 2008. Australian retailers are suffering from competition from cheap imports and online shopping -- resulting from the ...

Super funds returns on upwards trend

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... in fund returns, being the way they jump around, that worries most consumers." Dunnin said prior to the Global Financial Crisis three years ago super funds were regularly achieving 10-15% returns but now they are hovering in the 5-10% zone. The time ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... default in Greece could lead to similar problems in other eurozone economies and potentially cause another global financial crisis. Shares in European banks, many of which are exposed to Greek debt, have been hit hard in recent days as the Greek crisis ...

NAB sued over financial advice

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... Credo European Property Trust, according to law firm Slater & Gordon. They then lost $1.7 million in the global financial crisis. The couple claim they told the planner that they did not want to risk their capital, but the NAB had painted them as aggressive ...

Customers rate SMSFs the best

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... funds, compared to customers of the Big Six Retail Funds," noted the Roy Morgan Research report. "After the global financial crisis satisfaction with the superannuation performance, as would be expected, declined considerably through to late 2009. This ...

MTAA Super strikes back against claims of unhedging

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... newspapers earlier this week. "The Trustee appropriately reviewed its currency hedging strategy during the Global Financial Crisis. It sought and received advice and resolved to appoint an external expert currency manager to manage the fund's currency ...