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First Quadrant launches fund for all seasons

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
US-based investment manager First Quadrant has launched Global Macro Trust, which aims to generate returns for institutional investors regardless of market direction. Max Darnell, chief investment officer at First Quadrant, said the global macro return ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

... takeover of Rebel Sport, despite three fund managers with a total 24 per cent of the stock voting against the deal. "One of the major weaknesses of the current process is that when a fund manager or a pension fund trustee takes a voting decision, and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... unease about the credit squeeze and fallout from the housing slump, JPMorgan Chase slashed its earnings outlook for four major Wall Street banks, fuelling another sell-off in financial shares. Shares of credit card company American Express and of Goldman ...

First State Super boosts insurance by two-thirds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... this month by increasing the automatic basic death and total and permanent disablement cover from one to three units. In a major move however, members can opt-out or wind down from the three units and have premiums refunded. First State Super members ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... holds its annual general meeting. The Australian share market finished slightly lower yesterday, dragged down by the two major miners and a weak US lead. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed 2.7 points lower to 6530.8, while the All Ordinaries was down ...

Fujitsu spices up competition

Fujitsu Consulting has flagged plans to become a major player in the financial services sector next year, following its acquisition of local consulting business Chartres Business Solutions. As part of its expansion, the group has appointed ex Gartner ...

VicSuper wins Sustainability Super Fund award

... stakeholders," said Welsh. While VicSuper bagged the award, the list of nominees is a rollcall of super funds that have rolled out major sustainability initiatives namely HESTA Super, UniSuper, Christian Super, Local Government Superannuation Scheme ...

US Fed hints rates holiday may be over

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... hold the economy hostage to teach a small segment of the population a lesson," said US Fed vice chairman Donald L Kohn in a major speech on Wednesday. "To minimize moral hazard, central banks should operate as much as possible through general instruments ...

Suncorp Aus equities team sets up boutique

Suncorp Investment Management suffers a big blow after its top-ranked Australian equities team, in charge of more than $5 billion in funds, resigned to start a boutique. Boutique incubator Pinnacle Investment Management has signed employment contracts ...

Perfect storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... trade deficits is only small. But the IMF conference may need to turn to their own source of bloggers given that one of the major presenters seems to have only recently woken up to the idea that countries that peg their currency to the USD end up tying ...