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Select wins AXA and CFS mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... and international alternative strategies such as hedge funds and managed futures and alternative assets, including commodities, private equity, infrastructure and gold or precious metals. Commenting on the recent mandate wins, Select Asset Management ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... inflation equals stagflation. We're in trouble now! It is but natural that those leveraged to growth - equities and commodities - are now taking the brunt of this fear. But are these fears worthy of the sell-off we've seen over the past few weeks? It's ...

CFSGAM targets global trends with commodities fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... Share fund, launched yesterday, invests in companies involved in the production, processing and distribution of soft commodities such as grain, meat, fish and forestry products. Skye Macpherson, portfolio manager, global resources and co-portfolio manager ...

Investec eyes SMSF market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... financial year to March. Investec reported record net inflows of $8.6 billion for the period across global equities, commodities and fixed-income strategies. Samuelson said the firm has developed strong relationships with big platform providers as well ...

Cuffe charity fund tilts to growth assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... Growth fund to Perennial Investment Partners and Colonial First State Global Asset Management targeting A-REITs, soft commodities and global credit. Cuffe said the fund is aggressively positioned with 85 per cent invested in growth assets and the rest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... Australian stock market is expected to open weaker after losses on Wall Street overnight, with a late fall in stocks, and commodities generally lower. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 51 points lower ...

Super funds could fill resource capital shortfall: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... large chunk of that space," he said. However, he added trustees are starting to understand that investing directly in commodities can provide a good return that is mostly uncorrelated to listed resource companies. Taurus invests in natural resources ...

Credit Suisse to focus on alternatives and EM

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... remaining Credit Suisse funds are now heavily devoted to alternative assets, including hedge funds, private equity, commodities and infrastructure strategies. "Credit Suisse will continue to market and to distribute products including the Enhanced Commodity ...

New mining tax is miners' own idea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... restructures, these changes must be prospective, and taxation rates should vary depending on the profit yield of specific commodities. "Assuming an equitable base and rate has been agreed by all stakeholders, any new royalty regime should be based on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... Friday's trading day, following a horror night on offshore markets as Wall Street shed more than three per cent and commodities prices went backwards. At 0757 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 173 points lower ...