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SMSFs snap up blue chip shares

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... trustees are now placing blue chip shares on the top of their buying list after brushing off last year's market carnage, research shows. With markets on an upward trajectory and investor sentiment turning towards the positive, nearly a third of 1,600 ...

AUI signs Asian equities jv

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... investment principals driving Seres are Evan Erlanson and Dr. Ken Lu, both of whom boast serious credentials in Asian markets research. Prior to becoming Seres' chief investment officer, Erlanson was the senior managing director at Bear Stearns Asia ...

CFA appoints Gunasingham as president

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... Program. Gunasingham is the founder and principal of FitzBiz Investment Analysis & Strategy, an investment and strategic research consultancy providing quantitative analysis and focusing on the alternative assets sector. Prior to this, she held roles ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... Exchange, the December share price index contract gained 41 points to 4728, on a volume of 10,424 contracts. IG Markets research analyst Ben Potter said the market had opened strong but was drifting back a little bit heading towards noon. "It's being ...

Lonsec recommends AUI property fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... to 'Recommended' by Lonsec. According to an AUI press statement, this makes AUI's fund one of only two products in the research house's hybrid property securities sector to achieve this rating. Lonsec said that the Property Income Fund (PIF) "offers ...

The invisible issue in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... of life - the typical male life. Certainly, it does not reflect the reality of a typical women's lifecycle." She cited research that found a woman's superannuation balance is, on average, considerably lower than the average males. "In 2004, half of all ...

Don't forget the economics: Macq

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... listed companies are based and ensure they hold highly liquid exposures, said one fund manager. Macquarie Funds Group's research paper; Emerging Markets - it's all about the country, describes a macro approach to investing instead of a bottom-up strategy. ...

Treasury buys stake in two boutiques

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... worked as head of trading at Goldman Sachs JBWere and in a similar role at Credit Suisse. Connelly was the head of equity research at Goldman Sachs JBWere and Lucas previously worked as head of hedge fund sales (Australia) at Credit Suisse before working ...

Of population growth and surpluses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... mention the 'S' word last week? It was during his address to formally launch the Australian Institute for Population Ageing Research in Sydney. In his speech, Treasurer Wayne that the Government's medium-term fiscal strategy is projected to result in ...

Beware the leveraged ETF

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... fortunes trading leveraged ETFs - products that could one day hit Australian shores. Michael Krause, president of ETF research house AltaVista Research, said one of the most popular ETF products to hit the market a year ago was leveraged ETFs. Examples ...