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FTSE opens environment indices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... companies that derive at least 20 per cent of the business from environmental markets and technologies. Environmental research investment company, Impax Group researches each firm listed on the indices. Will Oulton, FTSE Group head of responsible investment ...

Main Street is burning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... economies in the world - Japan and the Eurozone -- are now officially in recession. And while the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Business Cycle Dating Committee still has to officially pronounce the US economy in recession, by all intents ...

Future Fund seeks hedge fund analyst

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... fund portfolio from its inception," said the fund. The analyst will work with an in-house team and embark on in-depth research into managers and products, while focusing on hedge fund strategies. An individual with around three to five years experience ...

Four in five happy with their super: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... findings were from the latest annual superannuation survey conducted in September and prepared for industry body ASFA by research firm McNair Ingenuity. The research looked at how respondents viewed the performance of their super fund and how satisfied ...

Mass modular advice to boost savings

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... advice", a new advice service that can be delivered in 15 to 40 minutes without falling foul of ASIC regulation. ASFA research released last year shows that more than 10 out of 16 million working Australians currently have less than $100,000 in their ...

FirstChoice platform upgrade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... view cash deposits using the portfolio management tool FirstNet. As a result of Colonial First State's alliance with Research Affiliates LLC, four Realindex RAFI funds were added to the FirstChoice platform. Funds include the Realindex RAFI Australian ...

Long-only turmoil pushes investors to hedge funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... asset classes to provide much-vaunted '"uncorrelated returns'." But while sentiment to hedge funds may be increasing, research by Rainmaker shows that at end June they still held only 1.9 per cent of the Australian sourced funds management market. Nonetheless ...

Mercer clients gain carbon tool

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
Mercer is teaming up with environmental research firm, Trucost Plc to allow its clients to measure the 'carbon footprint' of their underlying portfolios. The tool is available through the Mercer's Style Research Portfolio Analyser (SRPA) that includes ...

New resources, fresh ads for advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... education programs for financial planners. There are also links to support and counselling services to help planners, research and statistics with economic data and links to Government policies and statements, among others. "Everyone is worried about ...

Thumbs up for high conviction: van Eyk

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
High conviction fund managers look set to reap the rewards of a sluggish Aussie equities market, according to new research by van Eyk. Soaring fee levels have generally discouraged and disappointed investors in the high conviction space, compared to ...