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Politics wield power over asset prices

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... decision-making of hedge fund managers whose payoffs are more strongly-linked to their performance than the payoffs of mutual fund managers." In short, while the study didn't see a substantial difference between the performance of Democratic versus Republican ...

Treading on treacherous territory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... suppositions have been put forward to explain this phenomenon. None of them really convincing. Some suppose that it is driven by mutual funds selling their losers (window dressing) before their financial year ends on 31 October. Others blame it on the ...

Recovery is too fast, too furious: IML

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
Anton Tagliaferro, investment director at Investors Mutual Limited (IML), believes the local sharemarket's recovery over the past five months has overshot the mark. In the fund manager's August newsletter, Tagliaferro said although local economy appears ...

Treasury profits down 57pc but positive outlook

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... Ordinaries Index slid 26 per cent over the same period. Treasury Group provides funds management services to Investors Mutual Limited (IML), Global Value Investors, Treasury Asia Asset Management, Orion Asset Management, RARE Infrastructure and Cannae ...

UN PRI names de-listed signatories

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... participating in the group's annual reporting and assessment progress. In addition, three signatories including the Mennonite Mutual Aid, New York State Teachers' Retirement System (NYSTRS) and Rapaki Property Group voluntarily left the initiative. Signatories ...

Macquarie buys Delaware Investments

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... provides investment products and services to retail and institutional investors through managed accounts, separate accounts, mutual funds, retirement accounts, sub-advised funds and others. Founded in 1929, the firm has approximately 580 people in its ...

Van Eyk resigns as executive chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... non-executive directors including co-founder of Coin Software, Darren Pettiona and former chief executive at Employers Mutual, Cameron McCullagh. Those appointments replaced former directors, Sarah Brennan and Stephen Roberts, who resigned. AMP Financial ...

FPA and SPAA sign MOU

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
The industry body for self-managed super funds (SPAA) and for financial planners (FPA) have joined forces to develop policies that will help shape the SMSF sector. Both associations signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together on policy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... and banking sent investors more signals that the economy is gathering strength. The index is used as a benchmark for many mutual funds. Indices all rose more than one per cent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which climbed 115 points. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... blue chips since October 2002 and the best July since 1989. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index, a benchmark for many mutual funds, also ran at a strong pace and July was its best performance since 1997. Even with the gains, the S&P is still down ...