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Fund managers shift away from cash

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
Australian fund managers' appetite for cash investments fell from 50 per cent to 13 per cent in six months, according to a survey.

Quant and quals brave the bear

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
Quantitative versus qualitative managers - who's been battered worse amid the global financial crisis? According to two industry experts, both have had their share of joy and pain surviving the second half of 2008.

Dow Jones launches Islamic ASEAN index

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Dow Jones Indexes has launched the Dow Jones Islamic Market (DJIM) ASEAN Index - the first of its kind that represents the performance of Shari'ah-compliant companies in six of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Clean tech sector continues to expand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Financial planners should be confident the clean technology sector is a viable long-term opportunity after US based investment in the sector rose 55 per cent to more than $2.4 billion over a year, according to CVC Sustainable Investments.

Trilogy signs AFM

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Trilogy Funds Management appointed AFM Investment Partners to source institutional and wholesale mandates for direct property, infrastructure and mortgage portfolio investments.

If in doubt, stop securities lending: WW

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Watson Wyatt Australia is advising its clients to suspend securities lending activity if they are in any doubt of their guidelines and arrangements with their lending agent.

Zenith ranks Martin Currie and Franklin Templeton

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
Zenith Investment Partners has added two new high quality grow style international shares products by Martin Currie and Franklin Templeton to its recommended list.

S&P downgrades UBS Equity Income to sell

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
Research firm S&P has derated the UBS Australian Equity Income fund from three-stars to 'sell' after the fund's portfolio manager Paul Stanley resigned, to be replaced by two senior executives from UBS GAM business development.

Cybercriminals target fin services

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
One-stop shop financial services groups should be more vigilant about how they store and manage client accounts after a new report found that online criminals are getting better at exploiting stolen financial data.

BlackRock cuts 10 staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
BlackRock Investment Management announced a round of redundancies in its property, A-REIT and marketing teams.