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Adviser portfolios add commodities

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
Commodities is the new asset class in the Securitor Select Blend Portfolios. Pat Farrell, head of BT Investment Solutions and a speaker at last week's Securitor conference in Darwin, said commodities were included as an asset class of its own in the ...

Superfunds on recruitment spree

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
As job opportunities in investment banking and funds management dry up, investment professionals should turn their sights on superannuation, with three super funds managing a combined $80 billion on the hunt for the best talent. Queensland-based Sunsuper ...

Masu settles Westpoint case

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Masu Financial Management has settled a class action brought by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) for 85 investors sold Westpoint Group financial products. The Federal Court of Australia settled the two remaining complaints ...

Superfund opens alternatives fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... exposed to four underlying strategies. Half the Australian domiciled fund is allocated to one fund; the Superfund Blue SPC Class A shares which is a market neutral long short equity trading strategy. The three other underlying strategies are medium to ...

India fund opens to unlisted assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
The India Equities Fund Limited is broadening its investment scope to include unlisted investment assets. Funds for the unlisted part of the portfolio will be sourced from new raisings or cash reserves and investments through a wholly owned subsidiary ...

Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... 2008-3 issue. The pricing of the Challenger issue should be telling. The deal consists of three tranches: A$383 million of Class A notes, preliminary ratings and A$11.8 million of Class AB notes, preliminary ratings (each with triple A ratings), and ...

NAB Super divests direct property

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
NAB Group Super is expected to sell its last four directly-owned properties as part of a property portfolio restructure. The fund made the move under the advice of its asset consultant JANA Investment Advisers. "The [main objectives] for the sale are ...

QIC's new asset class a hot commodity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
Leading fund manager QIC has decided to label "commodities" as a separate class in its portfolios after it observed that traditionally uncorrelated markets such as fixed income and equities are starting to behave like each other. The QIC Red Paper found ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after US stocks declined overnight as a weaker-than-expected housing market report was released. At 0736 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract fell ...

US pension fund to settle suit for $930m

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
The largest public pension fund in the US fires a warning shot against companies with lousy corporate governance when it demanded a company it invests in to re-write its CG policy and pay a $930 million cheque for wrongful share trading. The $244 billion ...