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Perpetual hires former Citi head of investments

CAMERON BOGGS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... expertise, de Vries has over 18 years of superannuation and finance experience, covering financial advisory, managed fund research and funds management. Wang said the need for high quality DIY Superannuation services is becoming more and more important ...

Fidelity tops growth funds list: S&P

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... long-term. Domestic and offshore-based analysts provide stock coverage, and form part of the manager's extensive global-research network." Overall, Australian equities managers with a growth bias have continued to outperform their value peers over the ...

The hedge that saves

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... mums-and-dads investors in Australia. Milliman, a global actuarial firm which opened a local office early this year, commissioned research that looked at the equity-linked programs of 16 large US, Asian and European insurers that use hedging strategies. ...

Uni students get Praemium help

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... Australian Securities Exchange, Praemium's systems will also be used by staff from the School of Mathematics to assist in the research of the behaviour of financial markets. Arthur Naoumidis, Praemium group chief executive views the arrangement with ...

Moment of truth

CAMERON BOGGS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... don't know how it affects their super or their retirement savings. For example, recent Industry Funds Management (IFM) research found that 50 per cent of those surveyed knew the market was going down but around 25 per cent mistakenly thought the market ...

Franchise banking attract planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... Financial Planning Banking, that specifically caters to the lending needs of dealer groups. The group did nine months of research to come up with a lending model that suits planners and, more importantly, used the lending template the bank has applied ...

Members Equity to offer super banking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... manages roughly $16.9 billion in domestic fixed interest. Andrew Keevers, Rainmaker Information associate director of research, said consumers tend to find the ways they're forced to access information on their home loan, bank accounts and superannuation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
... to a weak start after a broker downgrade of banking giant Citigroup and tepid forecasts from big tech firms Oracle and Research in Motion as well as sporting goods giant Nike. The selloff accelerated as crude oil futures surged. LONDON - British blue-chip ...

HSBC opens wholesale wealth mgmt Down Under

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... Australia. HSBC's newest business will be led by ex-Barclays Global Investors head of sales, consulting relationships and research houses, Charles Genocchio. The Australian branch will offer products from its specialist investment businesses including ...

Oil prices force end to corporate profit boom

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... the missing question is what does it all mean for investors? Matthew Sherwood, senior manager for investment markets research at Perpetual, has just released a research note warning that high oil prices will squeeze earnings growth as they compress sales ...