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HFA absolute return fund approved by S&P

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
HFA's Octane Global Fund has been rated 'investment grade' by Standard & Poor's. S&P fund analyst, Simon Scott, said the the gearing and long-short strategy of the HFA Octane Global Fund meant only investors with a sound understanding of this type of ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
Australian stocks were lower at noon dragged down by banking stocks which offset gains in a firmer mining sector and a positive lead from Wall St. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX index fell 28 points to 5,825 while the all ordinaries slipped 24.4 ...

Russell best ideas fund recommended by Zenith

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
Zenith has rated the Russell Select Holdings Fund, a fund of best ideas, recommended on the back of its "sound and logical rationale". The Russell fund compiles a concentrated portfolio of just 20 stocks. The Select Holdings Strategy was launched in ...

AUI bulks up healthcare property portfolio

Amid the lack of cheap healthcare assets in the property market, Australian Unity Investments (AUI) pounced on the chance to buy properties with three medical centres and redevelopment potential for just over $9 million. AUI's healthcare property trust ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
Australian stocks have taken a major dive on the back of weaker commodity prices and a poor lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index shed 103.7 points or 1.77 per cent to 5761.3 while the all ordinaries lost 101.3 points or ...

BlackRock gets rolling with Citi

BlackRock Australia scored a coup when they signed up Citigroup to their separately managed accounts (SMA) product, a deal that will make their SMA available to a market of over 100 dealer groups or around 120,000 client accounts at a stroke. It's like ...

Investment reporting methods must be equitable: JPM WSS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
When thinking about how best to manage their investment reporting, super funds should be focusing upon how transparent, equitable, portable and robust the approach is, rather than just whether they should adopt unit pricing or stay with crediting rates. ...

New CEO joins CONNECT

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
CONNECT Super Fund, the industry fund for the electrical and communication contracting industries, has appointed a new chief executive officer. Sean Leonard stepped into the role on 26 February, leaving his role as operations manager at LUCRF super. ...

Rainmaker Marketing Awards now open for nominations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2007
Nominations have opened for the 2007 Rainmaker Marketing Awards honoring outstanding achievements in marketing, sales and business development by individuals, groups of individuals or organisations in the wealth management industry. "There are 17 awards ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
The good work done by the Productivity Commission with another seminal report addressing the issue of Australia's capacity to improve and match the performance of the likes of the US has been released. The paper notes that while some European countries ...