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No jump in client meetings: Business Health

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... planners who would meet five new clients a day. "I would speak to clients daily, but one a day face to face could be a pretty reasonable base in the big scheme of things. But if you really want to ramp things up and are trying to write a lot of business ...

Art Trust hit by investor sentiment

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... others," he said. "We've certainly got interest from three or four of the private banks but they're saying 'when you're pretty sure you're going to get [the minimum] come back to us, we don't want to go to our clients and then turn around and give all ...

Hedge funds to beat

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... Pacific, for PIMCO Australia) said he kept his strategies simple over the year. "In July last year, the markets looked pretty bad so we brought all our assets back to Australia so that we only own Aussie debt today." He continued, "I think the RBA is ...

Pengana wins ex-Rubicon investors

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... fund, this month," said Meroni. "They basically told us 'if you do something else, we'll support you' and so far we've got pretty good support from them," said Wolfe.

Super fund asset allocation on hold

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... they will assess it in the immediate time frame but fortunately, the managers that we have in our portfolio have behaved pretty much how we've expected them to in the current environment," said Allison Hill, consultant at Frontier Investment Consulting. ...

Bad markets to test boutiques

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... structure to identify quality firms. "Choice does matter, you can't just pick any boutique and hope to get it right. There's a pretty big gap in performance [between top and bottom performing firms]," he said. In addition, he said it was important to ...

New Aus Ethical CIO aids expansion strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... our plan to move into the institutional area and expand our current client base into the mainstream," he said. "There's a pretty widespread awareness of environmental, social and governance factors in the institutional market."

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said. "Everyone's a lot happier today. The US had a run of three days of pretty good performances and the banks are just galloping. "So too the property trusts, but Wesfarmers is up around five per cent ...

Commodities bull run won't wane: GMI

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... sector's bull run looks set to continue for years to come, he said. "China, India, and many emerging economies' growth remains pretty much intact despite the downturn. As a result, global commodity demand will remain sound. "There will obviously be periods ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... market overnight. "We've recovered a little bit across the board from this morning," Mr Heffernan said. "The banks were hit pretty bad earlier and resources haven't done too well but I wouldn't read too much into that. "There is some good value in the ...