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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 ...

Oasis adds two groups and recovers FUM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Oasis Asset Management is set to increase the number of active financial planners on its platform by 60 per cent after signing on two new dealer groups and, in six months, saw funds under management (FUM) jump from $3.5 billion to $5.4 billion. Oasis ...

UK pensions seek to award $400m mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
Australian fund managers with international equities expertise should pay attention to three UK pension funds, which are looking to dish out more than $400 million in international shares and index-linked gilts mandates. England's Falkirk Council is ...

SMSFs miss Asian equities boom

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
Australia's $326 billion self-managed super funds may be the fastest growing super fund sector to date, but research shows they are missing out on the Asian equities boom with their negligible exposure to international equities. Ralf Zurbrugg, a professor ...

Australian Ethical closes World Trust

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Australian Ethical Investment has closed the firm's World Trust, redirecting investors to a similar trust that offers lower fees and requires a lower minimum investment amount. The firm said no further investments into the World Trust would be accepted ...

US fundie expands into Japanese pensions

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
US-based INTECH Investment Management LLC has been appointed by Nikko Asset Management as a sub-adviser to provide a customised international equities strategy to Japanese pension funds. INTECH will provide the firm's Kokusai Strategy which uses the ...

Dixon action on Premium gains momentum

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
Alan Dixon, Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services chief executive, said the firm's call to change how Premium Investors operates has the support of many of the listed investment company's shareholders. The financial planning firm requested a general ...

Hedge funds lag index returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
Global hedge funds trailed behind key global indices as markets staged a recovery although long term figures depict a different picture, according to the latest hedge fund research. The global hedge fund index, domiciled in US dollars, returned 3.5 ...

Global infra funds fall short

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
Only two in seven funds were awarded an A rating in the latest van Eyk global listed infrastructure report, at a time when the sector lost more than 30 per cent of its value. The UBS 50-50 Infrastructure Index lost 32 per cent over a year to April ...

Intl equities on a good run...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
International equity markets have come a long way after hitting what is now looking likely their lows during the current cycle. The optimism engendered by the slowly mounting economic indications that the market has left the worst behind it is encouraging ...