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Fed policy options galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... effective weapon against deflation." Option 8. "A money-financed tax cut is essentially equivalent to Milton Friedman's famous "helicopter drop" of money." It's quite a long (but very informative) piece and I have run out of writing space. Read the full ...

Hedge fund forum delivers expert speakers next month

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... Investment Commission chairman Greg Medcraft, detailing forthcoming regulation and his vision for the hedge fund industry. Famous speakers include Judith Posnikoff, managing director and founding partner of Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company ...

JBWere wealth head resigns

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Brad Gale, head of JBWere's institutional wealth business and equity partner, has resigned from the company. JBWere confirmed to Financial Standard that Gale has left the firm after 11 years, although it is not known where he is heading to next. "We ...

Yale returns tough to replicate: academic

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... strategies on the highly successful Yale Endowment Fund should be careful, warns an academic. The Yale Endowment Fund (YEF) is famous for the high returns it achieves from investment in private equity funds, returns that reportedly annualise at 30% over ...

Dark pools attract larger trades and ASIC

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... pulp fiction, hearing the Jaws theme music every time he thinks of the term 'dark pools'. "For me the term conjures up the famous 'shark approaching music theme' from the movie Jaws and the deliberately distorted perspective of the film's iconic poster ...

Up, down or sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... interest rates - a negative for growth. What's the outlook for the A-dollar ($A) you ask. In the words of one who was once a famous international currency strategist. "The A-dollar might continue to go up otherwise it would go down else it'd trade sideways." ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
The outlook is positive for the Australian market on Thursday, with strong leads from Wall Street and European equities markets overnight, and higher prices in oil and precious metals. At 0711 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract ...

New Berkshire fund buys Buffet

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... has produced an average compounded gain of 20.2 per cent in book value every year since 1965. Buffet, the world's most famous investor, told shareholders in his annual letter that the book value of a single Class A share had increased from US$19 to US$95,453 ...

Diamond Asset Advisors arrive in Aus

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... that is worth more 'in the rough' and local investors can get their hands on it through a Zurich-based firm with links to famous jeweler Harry Winston, which visited Melbourne last month to scope the local market. Diamond Asset Advisors gives investors ...

When everything went wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Pick your poison. There's a "Murphy's Law" event for every bear to choose from to shatter all hopes, prayers and wishes. Thanksgiving? No, thanks! As Mr. Murphy famously said, "If something can go wrong, it will!" It sure the heck did over the past ...