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QIC develops better anti-inflation strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... its long term trend while spiraling commodity prices will only exacerbate these pressures. In this new environment, the research-driven manager said studies are increasingly challenging the traditional ways investment managers guard against inflation. ...

Record jobless rate not feeding a wage spiral

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... quarterly wages report found. But basic hourly wages in the same period were up by a lower 3.9 per cent. Melbourne Institute research fellow Edda Claus said the restrained pace of hourly pay rises had stopped a wage price spiral. "Significant inflationary ...

Credit Suisse AM names Giubin as Ince's successor

... Australian Equities portfolio. He has over 20 years' industry experience and has worked in portfolio management and equities research at Macquarie Investment Management and BT Funds Management. Meanwhile, McIntyre joined Credit Suisse in 1995 and has ...

Research and rating firms welcome Govt review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Research houses have welcomed a review by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and Treasury into the role they, along with credit rating agencies (CRAs), played in the recent financial market turmoil and subsequent corporate collapses. ...

Hagtharp named senior MLC consultant

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... senior asset consultant. Hagtharp has worked with MLC for seven years and was most recently head of the capital markets research team. Hagtharp has almost 20 years experience in the finance industry and had previously held senior consulting roles at ...

van Eyk reviews equity income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Research house van Eyk has reviewed the Australian equity income sector for the first time following growing retiree interest in the strategy. The research firm stated equity income managers should seek to deliver, at a minimum, two per cent above the ...

Mercer zeroes in on ESG managers

Mercer has revamped its manager research process to evaluate the extent fund managers pro-actively integrate environmental, social and governance factors (ESG) into their mainstream investment process. The new research approach will give Australian ...

GES and Limestone launch Eastern Europe SRI fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... European-centric socially responsible investment (SRI) fund has been developed by European-based responsible investment research provider GES Investment Services and Estonian-based Limestone Investment Management. The Limestone New Europe SRI fund, which ...

Falkiner heads to Double Bay

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... Killick will be responsible for non-investment management functions such as external communications with unitholders, research houses, rating agencies, planner groups and platforms. She brings over 15 years experience to Falkiner, and had previously ...

Options Strategy branches out to Spark Green

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... digital and online marketing services for financial services institutions and super funds. Spark Green specialises in research, developing and executing online marketing strategies across email and search marketing as well as online "gadget ads" and ...