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Still the best game in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
Wall Street continues to treat us to the spectacle that is the running of the bulls. The Dow is now a full 2.0% away from its 2007 record and the S&P 500 is less than 10 points away from reclaiming its own. To be sure, there was some not so good news ...

Same Day Money loses credit licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled the Australian Credit Licence (ACL) of Cairns-based business Same Day Money. Same Day Money director Lawrence James Sullivan has also been banned from engaging in credit activities ...

Hedge fund inflows set to double

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
Record low bond yields and the return of global confidence should see inflows into alternative equity strategies more than double in 2013, according to PIMCO executive vice president Ryan Korinke. The hedge fund expert, who is over from the US to meet ...

The happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
Gotta give it to Rachel Hunter, it might not have happened overnight - it took nearly five years - but it did happen. Last Friday, the Dow closed 232.54 points above and over its 9 October 2007 all-time peak. Not long now and we'll be hearing her ex ...

CORRECTION: Unfair 2-and-20 fees cast shadow over future of VCs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
Venture capital and private equity fund managers face the prospect of missing out on high-scale superannuation asset allocation mandates if the sector continues to charge "outperformance" fees despite non-performance. In the world of superannuation ...

Slight lift in women presence on boards: ACSI

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
Only 15.5% of board members at ASX200 listed companies are women, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) annual audit on board diversity released yesterday. According to ACSI, female board members have gone from 14% last ...

Dixon Advisory a fee for service success story

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
Dixon Advisory is transitioning its business across to full fee-for-service and to date, the results have been extremely positive. Tim Coates, associate director and head of property advisory at Dixon Advisory, said their fee for service revenue is ...

More than five minutes this time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
See how they run, see how they run. The DJIA continued to soar to new record highs and it won't be long now till the S&P 5000 joins in the fun - it's less than 21 points (1.3%) away from its own 9 October 2007 top. A few more good days - or one very ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains in US and European stocks after the British and European central banks kept their rates on hold. At 0830 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 20 points at ...

Former Hunter Hall managers gather new FUM in Morphic

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
Global equities fund manager Morphic Asset Management has reached $25 million in Funds Under Management (FUM) since it was funded last July by two former Hunter Hall global equity portfolio managers, Jack Lowenstein and Chad Slater. Lowenstein and Slater ...