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Cooper targets investment fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
Investment management fees may be on the chopping block following the upcoming Cooper review on super - but one fund manager cautions that reviewing fees is not enough, and equal attention should be paid to understanding the incentives behind high fees. ...

No protection in protectionism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... fundamentals in the US economy. Green shoots. The index of US leading economic indicators increased for the second straight month in May - the best two-month performance since November and December 2001. The Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index for June ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly lower after losses on Wall Street and in Europe, although commodity prices rose after a sell-off earlier in the week. At 0725 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract ...

Super changes hit retirees

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
Self-funded retirees will be hit hardest by the Federal Government's changes to super, according to Martin Murden, director of Partners Superannuation Services. According to Murden self-funded retirees are among a select few who don't hold out their ...

Seven in 10 investors are bullish: ML

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
Around 70 per cent of investors are bullish that the economy will improve in the next 12 months, according to the latest Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers. Portfolio managers are picking themselves up slowly from last year's markets debris and starting ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
Big yawn! Overnight news out of Wall Street provided little fresh direction, just a continuation of the recent trend we have seen so far - that is, anyone could choose any number from last night's stats and spin it both ways. Bull spin. US consumers ...

J.P. Morgan teams up with Linear AM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
J.P. Morgan and Linear Asset Management have developed a new SMA that has a built-in and adjustable capital protection feature against volatile markets. Linear AM has launched the Linear Continuously Protected SMA, with the underlying synthetic portfolio ...

More pain to come for councils

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
New South Wales councils may suffer more losses from their investments particularly those that have derivatives in their portfolios and not just toxic CDOs, warns an investment academic. Jerry Parwada, associate professor of finance at the University ...

QIC targets overseas instos

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
QIC has opened the firm's Global Fixed Interest Alpha fund to international investors. Launched in 2005, the fund uses absolute return strategies across fixed income global macro markets and credit derivatives. The fund posted a gross return of more ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
Is this the beginning of the end? Gauging from last week's actions - rather inactions - by four of the world's major central banks, it appears that this is so. It had been a awhile since financial markets witnessed the kind of central bank activity ...