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Mandate to the Future

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... looking to include commodity futures and insurance-type investments in the portfolio at some point. The fund is also keeping an eye on hedge funds. "We are thinking hard about the hedge fund market place at the moment...it's not obvious to us that we ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received a mildly positive lead from Wall Street but stronger metal prices have pushed up the Sydney Futures Exchange. At 0816 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 16 points higher at 3,345. ...

Legalsuper members favour Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
Defying the flight to cash, members of the $1 billion dollar legalsuper have increased investments into the fund's S&P/ASX200 option by up to 40 per cent. According to legalsuper, the industry fund experienced nearly 40 per cent in growth for its S&P/ASX200 ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control - and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favours only the prosperous. The success ...

Bumper year for the faithful: Fidelity

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... consultant at Frontier, who told the Financial Standard last week that unlisted assets will soon take a back seat as industry funds eye "good value" assets in the listed space in 2009. "All the [listed and unlisted] assets compete equally for a place ...

Aus FMs avoid Satyam scandal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Australian fund managers with an eye on tech stocks dodged the Satyam scandal, with two local fund managers reporting they had no investments in the firm. Fiducian Portfolio Services investment manager, Conrad Burge, said the firm's India Fund did not ...

The day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... predecessor who broke what was fixed - Bill Clinton passed on the reins to George W. with a US Budget surplus 'as far as the eye can see' - President Obama is expected to fix a financial system, nay a capitalist system, that is disintegrating by the ...

PIS prepares for tough year

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
Professional Investment Services ushers 2009 with a cautious eye on boutiques and a preference for fund managers with good liquidity management as part of its overall investment strategy review. PIS flagged that boutique managers are expected to take ...

Industry funds turn to listed assets

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
Unlisted assets will soon take a back seat as industry funds eye "good value" assets in the listed space in 2009, according to Frontier Investment Consulting. Frontier, which has approximately $97 billion in funds under advice, is taking a cautious ...

FMs turn to equities in 2009

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... an increase of 22 per cent in the third quarter, indicating that fund managers are going to usher in 2009 with a cautious eye on equities. "Fund managers remain bearish overall towards developed markets due to recessionary concerns, but the increasingly ...