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Gamers target lost super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
Chasing cats and avoiding wombats all in a bid to find lost superannuation is part of AUSfund's campaign to get more people to consider finding their lost retirement savings. The fund's online game involves participants taking on a role as a dog that ...

Perennial bears the bear

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
Fund manager Perennial turns to history to give financial planners cogent tips on how to ride the bear market and even better, beat the doom-and-gloomsters. Any way you describe the events of the last two months would be nothing short of an understatement. ...

Cuffe fund outperforms index by 13.8 pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
Not many fund managers can claim that they are performing well amidst today's gloomy investment environment - but Chris Cuffe's Third Link Growth Fund managed to stay ahead of the index since its inception this year. The fund, which still posted a loss ...

ME to gain market share

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
Industry Super Fund owned Members Equity Bank could be the accidental winner in the current race among the big four to buy their smaller rivals. Yesterday, Garry Weaven, Members Equity Bank managing director was quoted in the Australian Financial Review ...

Language is key to sell insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
The way financial advisers discuss their business and speak to prospective clients heavily impacts how much life insurance they are able to sell, according to renowned UK financial adviser, Bhupinder Anand. Speaking at an MLC Insurance Forum, Anand ...

Investors question direct property valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
Criticism that some funds and their managers use supposedly artificial unlisted property valuations to bolster portfolio returns illustrates how different groups of investors have fundamentally contrasting views about how to interact with the property ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
Australian stocks were higher at noon after all major US indices surged more than eleven per cent overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 219 points, or 5.24 per cent, at 4399.7, while the broader All Ordinaries had gained 227.6 points ...

Time to buy Aus shares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
It's time to invest in Australian shares and stop waiting on the sidelines for volatility to subside, according to Paul Fiani, head of equities at Integrity Investment Management. "A year ago taxi drivers were giving you stock tips, which is always ...

Depression no more?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
A depression-like stockmarket tumble needs a depression-like bounce back. This is what the equity markets' got overnight as Wall Street staged its biggest rally since October 1931. Equity markets across Europe and the US recorded spectacular one-day ...

HFs continue to outperform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
Hedge funds are outperforming global indices despite making heavy losses during the last month. The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index lost 4.85 per cent during September against the S&P 500 Total Return and MSCI World Equity indices which lost 8.91 ...