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Platinum holds steady in upswing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... you're not paying up for the potential of inflation and yet they give inflation protection," he said, citing investments in water treatment, garbage collection disposal and recycling, and power generation businesses. The fund also has an equal exposure ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... four points lower at 3,909 on volume of 10,218 contracts. CMC Markets analyst David Taylor said the market was "treading water" after weeks of solid sessions. Mr Taylor said the local bourse had responded "relatively positively" to US bank "stress test" ...

Too much ado about pig flu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the waters, a pig comes along. And if you've been following the headlines and the pig stories you'll be scared - very scared. Wall Street grew fearful as the reported infection tally of people and countries ...

Zenith review yields top 35 funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
Only one-third of large cap small company Australian share funds made it on Zenith Investment Partner's "recommended list". The firm screened 152 funds and 35 funds managed to be included on the recommended list. Acadian, Armytage, Aurora, Bennelong ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
The Australian sharemarket was down at noon, with a broad-based fall coming after bad news on Wall Street overnight. By 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 had fallen 102.1 points, 2.71 per cent, to 3666.9 after US equities slumped, amid concern bad ...

Low volatility not always low risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
Steady appreciation in unlisted asset valuations can mask bigger potential for sudden price drops, according to a UK hedge fund manager. "Low volatility is easily confused with short volatility, noted AURUM Funds Limited in their 2009 hedge fund outlook ...

Charged for no AFSL

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
ASIC has commenced proceedings against four former Queensland directors who dealt in financial products, including Westpoint promissory notes, without an Australian financial services licence (AFSL). Barry William Silver, of Arundel, Robert Peers Button ...

Forecasting foibles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... take a few percentage points. Forecasters make many assumptions for their forecast to be correct. Sorry, I assumed that water will turn to stone, that's why my forecast was off the mark. Sorry. But economies do not operate in a vacuum. At this very moment ...

CFS turns off the lights

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... to reduce the number of short lift trips between floors and installing waterless urinals and dual-flush toilets to save water. These initiatives follow an internal competition where staff were asked to put forward practical suggestions for creating a ...

KBC blocks water fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
KBC Asset Management's Global Water fund is closed to new money in Australia. Simon Padley, KBC Asset Management head of distribution, said the fund is not accepting new money because the Belgian based asset manager is reviewing some of the group's ...