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BT unveils manager line up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
BT Financial Group has confirmed a number of key positions in its newly formed Investment Solutions business, which brings together the multi-manager teams from both BT and St.George. "A rigorous review of the St.George Investment Solutions and BT Investment ...

No mandate terminations: Hostplus

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
The $7 billion industry fund Hostplus has no intentions of terminating any of its investment mandates despite the losses it suffered on them last year. Sam Sicilia, chief investment officer of Hostplus, said the industry fund is not actively looking ...

Oil up, equities down: Feng Shui Index

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... levels. Grain prices is forecasted to rise in October and November, universities are predicted to dismiss the teachings of Adam Smith as socialist ideals come in vogue and a finance scandal is expected that will make Bernard Madoff's investment swindle ...

QIEC Super enhances services

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... their existing insurance arrangements into the super fund. Further enhancements are expected in the first half of next year. Adam Lewis, Independent Fund Administrators and Advisors assistant trustee services manager, said next year's improvements will ...

GMO eyes US and global equities

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
GMO's investment sage Jeremy Grantham, one of the few who predicted the sub-prime bust, now says the the equities markets is throwing up valuations not seen in 20 years. Grantham believes that a very weak global economy is not without partially offsetting ...

GSJBW team heads up boutique

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
Three ex-Goldman Sachs JB Were Aussie equities experts are joining forces in a new nabInvest-backed boutique venture, Fairview Equity Partners. Fairview is an Australian equities small caps boutique investment manager that is majority owned by its investment ...

Challenger squeezes redemptions

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
Challenger has tightened the redemption policies of its Challenger Howard Mortgage Fund and other mortgage products following significant increases in fund outflows. Challenger's investors have been retrieving their investments following the Federal ...

AFA names Adviser of the Year

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
Adam Smith and Paul Daily have been named joint winners of the AFA Adviser of the Year award at last night's AFA Gala Dinner. Tuesday night marked the first time in history the AFA announced joint recipients of the prestigious award that pays tribute ...

Three wise economists

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... government's growing deficit. These are interesting times and in a span of just over a year, the US economy has learnt that Adam Smith's economic theory of laissez faire or the invisible hand is subject to abuse. Smith argued that the government should ...

Adam Smith hires portfolio manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
Boutique Australian equities investment manager Adam Smith Asset Management has appointed Stephen Atkinson as portfolio manager within its small cap Australian equities team. Atkinson has been a portfolio manager at MMC Asset Management, Credit Suisse ...