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Hedge and non-hedge collide

Investment portfolios would become increasingly more complex as both traditional and hedge fund styles of investing continue to merge, said Jeff Rogers, chief investment officer at ipac Securities. Speaking at the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium today ...

Chilean pension system faces reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
Low returns, the prospect of lower than expected retirement incomes and undercoverage among the poor and self-employed is forcing the Chilean Government to review its compulsory system. To conduct the review, a special investigatory commission to be ...

Bank branches finally start to sell wealth product

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
After years of trying, bank branches are finally starting to successfully sell wealth management products and improve their cross-sell rates. Westpac reported that the number of bank-originated home loan customers taking out home and contents insurance ...

Super is now the centrepiece: Vanguard

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
Superannuation is now the centrepiece of every consumer's financial plan, driven by a range of recent product development initiatives coming in response to changes to Federal Government policy. "The latest tax ruling on insurance offered by super funds ...

Beware the private equity trap

The gloves are off between private equity investors and turnaround experts after an insolvency expert warned that small to medium enterprises (SMEs) should think twice before tying up with a private equity fund. While high profile private equity bids ...

Economic round-up: Chinese whispers and inflation rumbles

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
Comments by former US Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, over China's "unsustainable" market weighed heavily on the Australian dollar yesterday, while the OECD flagged a threat to our inflation. On Wednesday Dr Greenspan, speaking by satellite ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
The market is expected to open with heavy losses, with weak base metal prices and poor lead from Wall Street expected to take a toll. At 0703 AEST, the June share price index was down 59 points or 0.94 per cent, at 6239. In company news, Babcock & Brown ...

Private equity redefines mum-and-dad investing

The blow-out of leveraged buy-out activity (LBO) in Australia from an annual average of $1.5 billion to last year's record $27 billion is changing the investment landscape, but not in the way most people think. Andrew Goddard, director in alternative ...

Economic round-up: Yearning for a yuan inspired Asian euro

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
China's runaway economy may be reason enough to cut the value of the yuan without any pressure from US Treasury, but pressure is gently mounting for a single Asian currency. According to Bloomberg, the Chinese Government is considering a currency revaluation ...

Investors will be compensated for dud advice: Pearce

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
Financial services licensees must have measures in place so they can compensate retail clients if the advice or services they provide are found to be "inappropriate". The measures are part of a new regulation just announced by the Government and may  ...