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Prime Super switches custody

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... to gain alpha. The fund's equities portfolios are passively managed through index funds. "We've been a reasonably conservative fund and we recognised we weren't competing in the market place, so we analysed our investment processes," said Lachlan Baird ...

Clever but not too clever investing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... sales and distribution strategy, including a return to "plain vanilla [unlisted] trust models", first grade assets, conservative gearing of 50 to 60 per cent and closed-ended funds. "This is about product development and I'm sniffing a change in the ...

In cash we trust

... further falls or a recovery. "We have our portfolio positioned conservatively. The question is, 'should we be more conservative or is it all priced in the market?' We don't know what the best and worst cases would be and anyone who's taken a view confidently ...

What US recession?

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... changes in the US fiscal policy will further buffer the risk of a recession. Last year was perceived to be a fairly conservative year for corporate America as the sector practiced fairly subdued capital spending, reducing the need for companies to cut ...

Standing in the eye of the storm

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... investors asking if operations wise, we were any worse off," he said. To date, the group's gearing position remains at conservative levels, with its total debt facilities of $219 million representing a gearing position of 35 per cent, consistent with ...

Super funds to hold firm despite market crisis

Against the doom and gloom predictions surrounding debt and equities markets, historical data and projections from Selecting Super suggest Australian super funds will ride the market volatility and stay in the black by year-end. Analysts and research ...

Centro appoints new head

... some time ago. Centro is now going to need a period of consolidation, introspection and it needs to adopt a more conservative management style, which is something that is not consistent with Andrew Scott's style, who is a more aggressive leader." But ...

ARIA looking for new CEO

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... Gibbs. Gibbs, who has been chief executive since February 2000, led the successful transition of the group from being conservative public service funds into progressive funds that have climbed the performance league tables, won numerous Australian and ...

Operation auction squad

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
... More is not always better." The irony in all this is that the revolution is being lead by the supposedly staid and conservative central bank institutions. For central bankers, this week will go down in history as one of the biggest.

BT Wrap Advantage to rebate $400k

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
... program, a move it claims could see around $400,000 rebated back to investors over the next 12 months. The Balanced, Conservative, Growth and High Growth funds will join the existing group of 65 BT Wrap Advantage funds, which form a subset of BT Wrap's ...