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Lonsec rates Ashton-Paulson funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... experienced. Most investment staff have investment banking and legal backgrounds well suited to the bottom-up highly analytical research required in the funds," said the Lonsec report. "Paulson gained widespread publicity during the global financial ...

No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... Here's proof. The table below shows the recession periods in the America as dated by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and the corresponding jobless rates before and after. It shows the unemployment rate continuing to rise months after ...

AvSuper appoints JANA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... selected from a final shortlist which included the incumbent, Russell Investments, in addition to Watson Wyatt and CPG Research and Advisory. "AvSuper has been reviewing key outsourcing arrangements to ensure that the quality and depth of services remains ...

NY fund blacklists Gazprom and Petrobras

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... Network, a Genocide Intervention Network project, for two years. The Conflict Risk Network compiles financial data and research on companies that are materially involved in specific countries and then uses that information to improve how a company operates ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... confidence dented hopes for a recovery in spending to lead the country out of recession. The Conference Board, a business research group, said its consumer confidence index retreated to 49.3 points in June from a revised 54.8 in May. Most analysts expected ...

Not a happy EOFYS on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... Economist' termed strategic default. In its 25 June 2009 print edition titled 'Can pay, won't pay', the magazine cited a research done by Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales. The authors surveyed 1,000 homeowners and found that one in four ...

Soc Gén named best SRI brokerage firm: survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... Agricole Cheuvreux have topped the list of broker firms for the work on socially responsible investment and sustainability research. The annual Thomson Reuters Extel Survey, which polled more than 1,400 fund managers, found SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale ...

RIAA hires ESG manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... hired former UK based socially responsible investment officer, Katie Swanston, as environment, social and governance research manager for the association's academy. Swanston previously worked at UK based Newton Investment Management as socially responsible ...

Retirement platforms growing fastest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... platforms are retirement products, confirming that the sector is fast becoming a wealth management heavyweight, reveals new research from Rainmaker. The findings are contained in the latest Rainmaker Advantage report that shows platform funds under advice ...

Super assets drop to $1.03trn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... $286 billion, industry funds to $180 billion, public sector funds to $145 billion and corporate funds to $52 billion. Research from Rainmaker reveals that assets of self-managed funds fell to $320 billion, confirming SMSFs as the larger segment of the ...