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Better boring than bubble

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
Frank Villante may work at a fund manager named after the stars but when it comes to investing, his feet are firmly on the ground. Villante, chief investment officer of small-cap specialist Celeste Funds Management, spoke at a media briefing about investors ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
There just ain't no pleasing Mr. Market. No siree! The biggest and most powerful central bank in the world gave them lots and lots of play money to play with and now... this is all we get. Wall Street stalled despite last week's news that the US Federal ...

Infocus awards advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
Financial planning network Infocus Money Management has acknowledged its top advisers at its annual conference and gala awards held 28 October. The awards, presented in front of delegates from Queensland, NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia ...

The lure of the boutique

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
The call of the boutique fund has proved irresistible for many investment professionals, but ratings can still be retained in the face of departures, according to a new study. In its third quarterly Musical Chairs report, S&P fund services found that ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
"...the United States has no better friend than Australia." This was US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressing young Australians at the University of Melbourne yesterday. Her statement was made in the context of America and Australia's unbending ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
The Australian share market was up strongly at noon, buoyed by a broad-based rally. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 52.7 points, or 1.11 per cent, at 4,798.0 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen 51.7 points, or ...

Toll roads lead global $50bn M&A activity

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
Infrastructure investments worldwide are due to attract at least $50 billion from pension and sovereign funds over the next two years with toll roads at the top of the buy list. According to the latest UBS report, there are a number of major takeover ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving strong, positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with all key markets significantly higher on the back of the US Federal Reserve's stimulus announcement on Wednesday. On the ASX24 at 0657 AEDT, the December ...

Bell IXL eyes India Equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
National Stock Exchange-listed boutique investment firm, Bell IXL Investments, has made a takeover bid for troubled listed investment company India Equities Fund (INE). Massimo Livio Cellante, managing director of Bell IXL, said in a letter to INE shareholders ...

QE2 is Gold(ilocks)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
Just right. Gauging from the financial markets' reaction, it appears that the US Federal Reserve has got its QE2 recipe just right. It was a little hotter than the US$500 billion risk assets have already priced in but not too hot as the US$1 trillion ...