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Sixteen Aussie funds make top 300 pension funds list

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
Sixteen Australian super funds, including first-timer HOSTPLUS, have made it into Towers Watson's list of the 300 largest global pension funds, which was released today. However, the weakening Australian dollar saw most of the Australian funds fall ...

Carried away by the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014

Perennial Aussie equities fund receives Zenith rating

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
Zenith Investment Partners has rated the Perennial Value Wealth Defender fund, which was launched in late May 2014. The fund received a 'recommended' rating from Zenith. The research house said that the fund "provides investors with a unique exposure ...

RBA leaves interest rates on hold

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... remains high, it is mostly due to overseas factors beyond the Reserve Bank's control. "The RBA would clearly like a lower Aussie dollar to help with Australia's great rebalancing act," Mr Bloxham said. "But they can't do much about it." "We think they ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... some type of feeling that perhaps language could finally change now, and this is something that is probably keeping the Aussie dollar and the Aussie market at bay," he said. Investors were also cautious ahead of a flurry of company earnings, he said. ...

Korean military fund puts $40m in Aussie infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
South Korea's $8.5 billion Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) has become the first overseas investor to invest in industry super investment vehicle The Infrastructure Fund. As well as being the only non-Australian stakeholder in The Infrastructure ...

Financial services stars named in rich list

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... fortune trading for BT Investment Management, George Soros-backed Blue Border, Bank Austria, GLG Partners and Louis Beacon. Aussie Home Loans executive chairman John Symond dropped one place this year to 90th. His fortune is estimated to be $520 million. ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... were unfolding. It's steady climb over the past few weeks, has, surprise of surprises, Morgan Stanley now predicting the Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi to reach parity with the big dollar by the end of this year. "The main driver of our bullish stance ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... market." He said the falls would have been worse if US markets had not performed as strongly as they did overnight. "The Aussie market is struggling to follow the US lead but it certainly has supported us to some extent," he said. On the local sharemarket ...

Pohl launches mandate hunt as non-compete clause expires

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... could face an uphill fight to attract investors. "Institutions are happy to give $500 million to global managers but little Aussie battlers struggle to win $20 million mandates," he said. Despite his concerns, the group is planning to have reached capacity ...