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Que sera, sera

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... practically ignored this statement, choosing instead to get their dose of daily fright by focusing on the US Bureau of Economic Research's (NBER) announcement officially marking the start of the US recession. In his speech, Bernanke acknowledged that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... Tinto shares lost $2.70, or 6.32 per cent, to $40.00. In the US on Monday, the panel at the National Bureau of Economic Research confirmed that the economy has been in recession since December 2007. US stocks finished lower, with the Dow Jones industrial ...

Super funds eye cash

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... managers' interest in cash investments fell from 50 per cent to 13 per cent in six months, according to a Russell survey. The research found the number of Australian fund managers that are optimistic in their outlook of Australian equities increased ...

FMs back a winner 50pc of the time

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
Only half the investment decisions equity fund managers make add value, Inalytics research found. According to research across 215 long only equity portfolios, a 'good' fund manager generates a 51 per cent 'hit-rate', which is one per cent better than ...

Life insurance too complicated: survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... found two in five people think insurance is far too complicated and hard to understand. ING Australia's life insurance research 'She'll be right: Australia's attitudes towards underinsurance' found 41 per cent of respondents find life insurance too complex. ...

Mr. Scrooge's Ghosts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... in recession since December 2007. Now what? The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the US National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced that America's economy entered recession one year ago, despite not having reported two consecutive quarters ...

IRESS risk research improves

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
IRESS' risk research system IQM+ has undergone a tune up with added extensions to its product to better help advisers determine personal insurance coverage based on affordability. The new Cover Availability module is an analysis tool that allows advisers ...

QSuper searches for CIO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... consultant for an international consulting firm advising trustee board and institutional investors. According to Rainmaker Research, QSuper uses QIC as its primary investment manager and allocates funds towards domestic and international equities, Australian ...

If in doubt, stop securities lending: WW

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... on which the fund would be indemnified should still be examined and clearly understood. "We recommend that funds first research collateral types and amounts as well as their reinvestment guidelines, particularly where cash collateral is taken. Then they ...

Pascoe shares VFMC strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Justin Pascoe, the newly appointed chief investment officer of the $36.4 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation, will share his insight on how to buffer the fund from the global financial crisis at this year's IMCA conference. Pascoe, an ex-Goldman ...