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Liquidity flow versus trade flow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
There is no mistaking that in the battle between the bulls and the bears, the thundering herd of male cows have got the upper hand over the past six months. Investor sentiment has changed from fearing being in the market to dreading missing out. Despite ...

Asset Super pumps up insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
Asset Super is introducing automatic life stage increases to members' insurance, and boosting the sum insured to each unit of standard cover in a bid to tackle underinsurance. The $1.1 billion industry fund will increase each unit of standard cover ...

Lonsec recommends AUI property fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
Australian Unity Investments' (AUI) Property Income Fund has been upgraded to 'Recommended' by Lonsec. According to an AUI press statement, this makes AUI's fund one of only two products in the research house's hybrid property securities sector to achieve ...

GIC pockets $1.8 billion from Citi sale

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC has sold half of its 9 per cent stake in Citigroup - a deal that plumped up GIC's coffers with a $1.8 billion (US$1.6 billion) profit. A press statement from GIC, which has over $100 billion in funds under management ...

Legalsuper seeks hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
The $1.2 billion legalsuper is looking to allocate mandates to hedge fund and credit investment managers. Andrew Proebstl, chief executive of the industry fund, said he was considering allocating between two to three per cent of the fund's current $1.2 ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Wall Street has been on a holding pattern over the past three trading sessions. It's waiting...waiting...waiting. Waiting for what? Wall Street waits for the Fed's verdict on monetary policy. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) begins its two-day ...

Regulators tighten grip on hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... managers and investors in Europe. In July, the Australian arm of the Alternative Investment Management Association waved the red flag at the EC's proposal that fund managers and investors based outside Europe will require passports to trade in Europe. ...

Of population growth and surpluses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
Since we're still into discussions of the alphabet these days, did anyone notice Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan mention the 'S' word last week? It was during his address to formally launch the Australian Institute for Population Ageing Research ...

Trustees gain climate change guide

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
Superannuation trustees can get a firmer grip on what climate change means to portfolios after a trustee guide was updated to include information on the proposed carbon pollution reduction scheme and key questions to ask fund managers. The Investor ...

PM Capital readies for recovery

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
While many fund managers have been busy shedding staff, PM Capital has done the opposite, beefing up the group's senior ranks ahead of investors redeploying capital back into equities. The fund manager appointed former MMC Asset Management executive ...