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Doom dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Just a day after this space commented on the risky proposition of holding US dollars, Bloomberg reports overnight that world central banks are diversifying out of the greenback. Data compiled by Bloomberg revealed that central banks have backed up their ...

Rio Tinto Super explores alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
The corporate superannuation fund for Rio Tinto employees has introduced a new alternative growth asset class to diversify into the unlisted markets. The Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund introduced the new asset class on 10 September. As a result ...

GSJBW hires key account manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
Goldman Sachs JBWere has appointed Amy Johnston as a key account manager in its asset management division. Johnston joins the firm from Perennial Investment Partners where she worked for four years as an investment specialist. She also has seven years ...

PE secondaries could be ticking time bomb

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
Investors should be wary of the overexuberance in the secondary private equity markets as it could mirror the mega buyout bubble of 2007, according to new Watson Wyatt research. A new paper from Watson Wyatt noted that an anticipated supply-demand imbalance ...

Focus on dividend outcome: Insync

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
Planners under pressure from clients to prioritise long-term income over capital growth should take note of a fresh strategy from new entrant Insync - a specialist global equities fund manager. Monik Kotecha, chief investment officer of the three-month ...

Perpetual buys Grosvenor

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
Perpetual has bought Grosvenor Financial Services - a privately-owned planning firm specialising in financial, investment and tax advice. Grosvenor has more than 200 high net worth clients in the medical, dental and legal professions. Grosvenor is based ...

HSBC unveils EM equity fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
HSBC Global Investments has launched the HSBC Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund in Australia. The fund gives local investors exposure to some of the world's fastest growing economies in Asia, Russia, Eastern Europe, South Africa and Latin America. ...

Fortitude to launch Aus equity income fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
Fresh from winning an award based on its performance strategy, hedge fund manager Fortitude Capital is launching a new Australian Equity Income fund with a twist. This month Fortitude won 2009 Hedge Fund of the Year and Best Market Neutral Fund for ...

Russell launches global infra fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
Russell Investments has launched an Australian dollar-hedged global listed infrastructure fund, ahead of the predicted US$40 trillion of government and private money to go into infrastructure investments around the world in the next 20 years. The new ...

ANZ buys ING Aus for $1.76bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
ANZ goes up the ranks of the wealth management and life insurance sectors when it acquired the 51 per cent stake it did not own in a joint venture with ING Group for $1.76 billion - transforming it into a $45 billion fund manager with more than 1,700 ...