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The quest for independent advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... commissions. "The life industry is always carved out of these debates when it is the highest payer of commissions historically," said Knox. The other elephant in the room is so-called "shelf fees", where product manufacturers pay a certain fee to be ...

Bull market on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... would be hit sooner. However, they also show that claims have peaked - a positive for the economy. This is because historically - and I looked at 50 years worth - turning points in the US economy coincides with turning points in initial jobless claims. ...

May sell or May stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... starting to return in Europe. Soon three will become, four; four will become five; and eventually all. Remember that historically, the equity markets almost always lead an economic recovery. Sell in May and go away? Or decide to stay?

Inalytics to compare transition managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... Australia around the middle of the year. Alessandro Lunghi, director of Inalytics, said that transition managers have historically been reluctant to provide any kind of track record because their argument is that every transition is different. While ...

Clients duck for income cover

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... jumping 25 per cent compared with the same period last year. Evans said the level of sales for lump sum insurance, historically the most popular form of insurance also rose 23 per cent in the same period. The quarterly industry survey is compiled by ...

Treasuries still strong: ML

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... "We're still in a uncertain environment so you still want to have a conservative approach to what you're doing but, historically, investment grade securities are as cheap as they've ever been." Merrill Lynch's Corry said that in addition to Treasuries ...

BPM measures carbon impact

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... company's clients can understand the effect of an ETS on their balance sheets. BPM Financial Modelling's product historically collates information about a company to produce a flexible excel spreadsheet which a chief financial officer or analyst can ...

BTIM remodels AQR mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... equities mandate with AQR Capital Management, dropping the fund manager's currency and country selection strategies. AQR historically provided active returns across currency management, country selection and stock selection for BTIM's international equity ...

Constitution finds Clearway to Aus

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... American middle market buyout funds and direct investments. In North America, the middle market buyout sector has historically outperformed other alternative asset classes, with strong top quartile returns in all parts of the economic cycle. "Based on ...

QIC changes infrastructure tact

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... "Leverage loans provide a number of benefits over high yield bonds. A leveraged loan is a senior secured debt and have historically higher recovery rates than high yield bonds," Buckley said. Loans typically also have more protections written into the ...