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HFA absolute return fund approved by S&P

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
... 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 investment should be incorporating it into their portfolios. "Investors must understand the ...

FinLit Foundation launches into workplaces

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
The Financial Literacy Foundation is emerging from behind the scenes and is launching a booklet to help financial literacy in the workplace, stepping up its efforts to work with the tertiary education sector and is even launching dramatic productions ...

Going nuts over macadamias

It might sound nutty to some investors but one company is offering a managed investment scheme (MIS) that hopes to crack into the global demand for macadamias. Also known as the Queensland nut or 'kindal kindal' in aboriginal, macadamia is the only ...

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 ...

HOSTPLUS joins the Collingwood Magpies team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
... many synergies. Ultimately, it goes to the heart of what HOSTPLUS stands for and gives us the access and vehicle to deliver sound financial literacy to our members with the view to create a more financially aware membership base. We feel that through ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
... Budget Committee, Bernanke said Tuesday's sharp stock market drop had not changed the Fed's view that the US economy was sound. In addition, he said there did not seem to be any single trigger for the drop. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index slid 1.82 ...

New deputy governor for RBA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
... 2001 and 2004 and Southcorp from 1994 until 2001. "I am confident that the new appointees will contribute to the ongoing sound conduct of monetary policy, which has helped to deliver an unprecedented period of economic growth, coupled with low inflation ...

Go green, go dim

Switch off your electricity and save the world was the message from over 60 major finance companies that signed up to an initiative to cut Sydney's greenhouse gas emissions. It sounds like a scene from a sci-fi movie but on 31 March the Sydney building ...

Zurich expands super and allocated pension menus

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
... the Zurich Investments Equity Income Fund. "Zurich's focus is to support advisers by making it easy for them to provide a sound portfolio of investment options that will match their clients' needs and goals," said Matthew Drennan, director of investments. ...

Aviva goes green with carbon outputs

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2007
... suppliers, public reporting through its annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report and public presentations and papers on sound sustainable practice. "Aviva Australia already invests in environmental programs," said Allan Griffiths, chief executive ...