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All juiced up

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012

All assets with risk attached to them are jumping with joy and dancing on the streets. Global equities - measured by the MSCI All-Country World Index - jumped by 2.3% overnight, the biggest one-day gain since 20 December. The euro hopped above US$1.25. ...

Emerging managers add twice the alpha

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012

The performance of emerging manager hedge funds is roughly twice that of established manager hedge funds over the past 20 years, according to new research. This is despite large hedge funds attracting most of the inflows, said Peter Urbani, formerly ...

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012

Stop looking. There are no ifs, no ands, no ors, and no buts to find, it's getting ugly out there. Oh yes Virginia, the combed over look ugly as events and indicators of the past week suggest that we are coming into, if not already in, a perfect storm. ...

Missed the bottom?

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012

Say what? Now I'm not complaining - I'll take every little bit that restores market confidence - but I believe this chapter of the Greek tragedy isn't over yet. At least, until closer to, on the day, or right after the 17 June elections when the Greeks ...

10m Aussies 'Like' Facebook

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012

A new survey reveals 50% of Americans think Facebook is just a passing fad, but don't tell that to the 10 million Australians that use it, making Australia on a per capita basis one of Facebook's best markets. According to telephone survey of 1004 American ...

Lifewise takes insurance to new social sphere

LINDA HAUSKEN | WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012

In an effort to take Australia's underinsurance issue to a whole new 'social sphere', consumer awareness campaign Lifewise has launched a digital photo sharing pin-board in conjunction with social media site, Mamamia, called The Time Capsule. The Time ...

Deja vu of deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012

Scare me not

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012

Hang on to your hats folks, cause here we go again. Back to extrapolating current gloom into doom and forgetting that these were exactly the ones that provided good entry points in the markets. The scaredy cats are running for the hills again. Want ...

Fearing the unknown

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012

Phew! For a while there, I thought we were all toast as we sat on the front seats of another twist in the plot of the ever-evolving European tragedy. Equity markets around the world copped a thrashing - a eurothrashing - as elections in France and Greece ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012

US Payrolls. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Yes Virginia, the greatly speculated, the much awaited, the indicator that'll set the tone in the financial markets over the next four weeks, that mother of all eco stats -- the US Non-farm Payrolls ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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