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Inflation fears raise appeal of alternative assets

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... director, Diamond Asset Advisors, and former executive committee member of global private equity investment management company, Adveq, believes that the share of alternatives will be massively larger in a couple of years. "Although I don't think they ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... per cent. Stocks fell sharply Thursday on weak economic news from China, the US and Spain combined with a slump in oil company shares. The Dow Jones industrial average had its biggest drop since August 11. Other than several large swings in the past ...

CMC markets appoints new head for Aus, NZ

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... years ago to develop the local business which has grown exponentially as retail investors jumped onto CFD trading. The company has since moved into wholesale share trading, with Suncorp and now Bank of Queensland using CMC's stockbroking service to offer ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... markets retreated on Thursday as eurozone debt fears sparked by a credit downgrade to Spain overshadowed news of positive company earnings, traders said. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares dropped 1.55 per cent to 5,845.29 points, while in Paris ...

New benchmarks act like analysts

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... manager. Olivier d'Assier, managing director for Europe and Asia, Axioma, said the filters, which use data gleaned from company reports, can scan for items such as value or leverage, producing a factor-based benchmark index. A series of ETFs that buy ...

NAB buys 35pc stake in AREA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... nabInvest a slice of the recently distressed US property market. It also gives AREA a new pool of funds to invest with the company reportedly looking to buy small real estate investment trusts, larger distressed assets and to grow its debt business. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... in opposite directions. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets dipped on Wednesday as rising oil prices trumped regional company activity, including a takeover and annual earnings. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares shed 0.63 per cent to 5,937.3 ...

CFS slashes entry bar to wholesale platform

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... platform can then offer FirstChoice Wholesale to retail clients - not just high-net-worth individuals. The entry bar for the company's separate First Wrap platform would also be dropped from $250,000 to $20,000. Bissaker said fees start from 0.4 per ...

Plum time for corporate super outsourcing

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... funds. "Plum is the part of the group focused on large funds as we are equipped to handle the needs of a 10,000+ employee company requires, which hinges around super being a more important part of their structure and the complex design of their funds." ...

Van Eyk adds four

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... Venkatraman and Nimalan Govender will focus on researching equity fund managers, while Alex Dore and Victoria Yates join the company as research associates through a new graduate program. Venkatraman began his career as an equity analyst at IMC Financial ...