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Illiquidity to test retail investors: AMP

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
Illiquidity will prove a test to retail investors in funds with high alternative allocations in the advent of a bear or falling market, AMP's leading economist has warned. AMP's chief economist and head of investment strategy for the group's diversified ...

Investment banks and structured providers move into lending

What happens when you mix credit management, structured products and the flexibility of a boutique? You get what might be the next generation of margin lending products. Bassem Jammal, managing director of boutique margin lender LIFT Capital, explained ...

Overseas investing to reach 40 per cent: ING

The trend towards investing globally will only strengthen further with ING predicting that the amount invested overseas by superannuation and investment funds will increase from around 25 per cent to as much as 40 per cent by 2010. ING's CEO Grant Bailey ...

Weekly economic roundup

To paraphrase the soothsayer's warning to Julius Caesar, 'Beware the Ides of October,' because the largest market crashes in history (1929 and 1987) happened in October and even 2005 has just felt the same winds. As if on cue, the advent of October ...

Mercer launches clearinghouse for employer super clients

Mercer Human Resource Consulting has today launched a new online clearing-house solution for employer super clients called MercerSpectrum. The service will provider employers with 'straight through processing' from an employer payroll system and bank ...

Award Agreements could prevent choice of fund

Speaking at a recent Clayton Utz forum, workplace relations specialist Michael Byrnes signalled the advent of choice could some bring on some testing industrial relations scenarios where Australian Award Agreements (AWAs) may preclude groups of employees ...

Russell wins $700m NewsSuper fund

Russell Investment Group has struck the largest outsourcing deal to a master trust with News Limited signing Russell to manage its 8,000 member, $700 million corporate fund. The transition of the funds will be completed by 31 March of this year with ...

Morningstar says MIR is worth a look

A Morningstar report recommends the MIR equities fund "may be worth considering". It is however not for the "less adventurous". Since its inception the flagship fund EQT MIR wholesale Australian Equities fund has outperformed the benchmark's 15.12 per ...

Young Australians the greatest beneficiaries of choice

The introduction of choice of fund legislation is the perfect opportunity to encourage young Australians towards a more active role in their superannuation planning, Aviva's chief operating officer Grant Salmon said today. "The advent of choice of superannuation ...

Better times coming for exports: Vaile

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2003
The September balance of trade figures were disappointing but there were signs Australia's export faced better times in the coming year, Trade Minister Mark Vaile said today. The trade gap with the rest of the world widened in September as a rebound ...