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Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... credit rating agencies, can you? They only decide to check if it is raining outside after your house is already neck deep in water. And data out of the US last night shows that the economy continues to drown. Initial jobless claims were up 85.8 per cent ...

Power to the people: Hermes

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
Shareholder empowerment and better governance will mark the dawning of a new era in super fund management when the GFC passes, according to Hermes Equity Ownership Services. Colin Melvin, chief executive of the world renowned Hermes Equity Ownership ...

Tracking hedge fund fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... which these funds are paid have been taken for granted. Investors might also be oblivious as to whether a fund has a high water mark - a point in which a fund must achieve, in addition to outperforming its performance benchmark, to qualify for a performance ...

Transcending politics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... serves as a microcosm of this crisis. They just went and did. Had they debated whether or not to use depleted Melbourne's water reserve to douse the fire -- or whether there will be enough water for future generations to use - the inferno, disastrous ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
So it was, so it shall be. The odds - the Dow fell in 12 out of the past 16 US Presidential Inaugurations - have prevailed. Now it's 13 out of 17. The Dow fell by 4.1 per cent and the S&P 500 dropped by 5.3 per cent as Barack Obama is confirmed as the ...

Impax environment trust hits the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... Environmental Markets Trust invests in three environmental sub-sectors including alternative energy and energy efficiency, water treatment and pollution control and waste technologies and resource management. Each company must derive at least half of ...

Instos target water usage

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... and Aviva Investors has sent a letter urging 100 major multinational company chief executives to carefully manage their water usage. The CEO Water Mandate initiative was drafted by the United Nations Global Compact to assist companies, such as Carlsberg ...

Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... tax cuts and other spare funds to pay down existing credit balances. Australia still looks safe -- for now. However, like water slowly but constantly dripping on a boulder, the global recession - if it continues to progress unabated - would slowly erode ...

VFMC unveils 2009 strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
The $36 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation is aiming to outperform its benchmark by 100 basis points through a combination of vanilla style derivatives, opportunistic trades and improved internal and external capabilities. VFMC chief investment ...

Planners ignore property for profit

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
Some planners have been ignoring investment property to focus primarily on the equity markets in a bid to fatten their bottom lines, claims Bannister Mansfield. Gavin Murphy, director of the Sydney-based financial planning firm, said many financial ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN
Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA
Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI
The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA
MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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