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Ventura breaks benchmark shackles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
Ventura Investment Management has added a Global Opportunities and High Growth 100 fund to its investment menu, both of which are benchmark agnostic. Both funds mirror the Russell funds by the same name. However, investors can access these funds via ...

Fear brings opportunity for the wise

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
Buy, sell, or run for the hills? January's Black Tuesday saw the axing of over $100 billion from the share market, but savvy investors will realise the ailing stock market still boasts lucrative investment opportunities. According to a report by wise-owl ...

Russell rejigs international funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
Russell Investment Group has reorganised its international equities exposure, replacing Jacobs Levy and Altrinsic with ClariVest Asset Management and adding Harris Associates to its list of fund managers. Founded in March 2006, ClariVest's investment ...

Economic round-up: Yearning for a yuan inspired Asian euro

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
China's runaway economy may be reason enough to cut the value of the yuan without any pressure from US Treasury, but pressure is gently mounting for a single Asian currency. According to Bloomberg, the Chinese Government is considering a currency revaluation ...

T. Rowe Price wins Russell global equities mandate

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
Russell Investment Group has appointed T. Rowe Price International to manage a global equities mandate worth 15 per cent of its Global Opportunities Fund. T. Rowe Price manages mandates for a range of Russell funds globally and in Australia joins existing ...

TOWER adds two to its board

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
TOWER Australia Group has appointed two new independent directors, chairman Dr Keith Barton announced yesterday. Peter Lewinsky and Ralph Pliner have been appointed to the board of TOWER effective immediately. Dr Barton said the two new directors would ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open softer following a weaker Wall Street lead. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0718 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down six points at 5,420. Today, John Fairfax Holdings holds its annual ...

Financial services exports trailing economy

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and International Security Kevin Rudd has unveiled a plan to promote Australia as an Asia hub and boost financial services exports, saying we are missing a potential growth opportunity. Speaking to the Investment ...

New hedge fund managers need the right skills: AIMA

The country's $22 billion hedge funds industry will continue to grow at phenomenal rates, but the challenge is to ensure new hedge fund managers have the right skills, said the Alternative Investment Management Association's (AIMA) chairman Kim Ivey. ...

Australian financial services globally competitive: Axiss

Axiss Australia has just released its latest benchmark report highlighting Australia as a globally competitive and attractive financial services centre while also being named the World's most resilient economy for the fourth consecutive year. Axiss ...