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HLB Mann Judd search for Henry clues

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... individual investors receive a better after-tax result by negatively gearing instead of using their savings. "As Henry says, the GFC is a reminder that, if we don't save domestically we can't always assume foreign savings will be there to make up the ...

RARE wins $200m mandate from CFS

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... been in talks with CFS since April 2008, said Dell. While many local and international fund managers floundered during the GFC, RARE managed to nearly double its funds under management from $834 million at the end of 2008 to $1.53 billion at the end ...

Retirement savings gap to reshape Aussie workforce

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... their mortgage sooner rather than later. And on the positive side, Little said that given markets are still well below pre-GFC levels, there's a chance that markets bounce back strongly over the next 5 years, reducing the savings catch-up. "The key message ...

Asia ushers 2010 with caution

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... examine their strategies in the context of evolving deflation and inflation risks. Hedge funds, many of which came out of the GFC limping, will also be on the red alert list of investors. Many will undertake stronger due diligence on their hedge fund ...

Japanese history lesson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... -added more air to the bubble, much the same way as banks and other financial companies are buying their own toxic products pre-GFC. Cross shareholdings were so prevalent at the time that in the late 1980s, many companies were reportedly making more ...

SMSFs buy more Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... massive jump in SMSFs' cash holdings from 12 to 29 per cent in the last two years, as uncertainty hit the market following the GFC. The average contribution flow for the half year has been a "healthy $16,000". But rather than parking the money in cash ...

Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... consensus is building that the unemployment rate has peaked. The jobless rate has only reached a top of 5.8 per cent since GFC? What happens to Access Economics' forecast of 7.5 per cent? That has already been revised down to 6.0 per cent. What about ...

Good For China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... output, credit squeeze, massive bankruptcies, etc. that prevailed over the past two years have collectively been known as the GFC or global financial crisis. But for China, the GFC might as well stand for 'Good for China'. For the same financial crisis ...

Super funds back trustee pay disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... $100,000 pay rise for its chief executive Michele Dolin after public uproar, given the performance of super funds after the GFC. Ironically, GESB is one of the minority of super funds that disclose remuneration. It is not compulsory for super funds to ...

Hedge funds on incubators watch list

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... Ascalon said there is increasing demand from institutional investors for hedge fund managers following the aftermath of the GFC, with plenty of scope for smart hedgies to win mandates - provided they improved their communication and liquidity. "We would ...