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Investment

Raise your fixed income bet: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
Financial planners should reassess their clients' exposure to the fixed income sector after a van Eyk review found diversified income managers are primed to take advantage of investment opportunities in credit securities.

IML overhauls staff retention strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
Investors Mutual Limited (IML) revamped its investment team's equity package as part of an overall review designed to retain a consistent team of analysts.

Saving Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
The financial stability of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would have to be protected at all costs, as their falls would cause cataclysmic effects not just in the US but the rest of the world, including Australia.

HSBC launches alt fund services

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
The lure of the country's superannuation dollars will push more global hedge funds to target Australian investors, prompting HSBC to open a specialist fund services arm locally ahead of the wave of hedge fund activity.

Aurora Trust delivers 13pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
Investors keen to stay in the black despite the market doldrums should look no further than Aurora's Sandringham Dividend Income trust. Sandringham's low double-digit returns may have been ho-hum during the bull years but this year's 12.76 per cent gain ...

Grove opens term deposit shop

BY STAFF  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
Asset consultant Grove Research and Advisory has launched an online term deposit shop as the flight to cash continues.

Hedge fund to invest $500m into carbon capture

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
Hedge fund group Och-Ziff is investing $500 million in carbon capture projects to create tradable greenhouse gas reduction abatement securities.

Perennial's global alpha secret

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
Perennial Global Shares High Alpha fund returned 1.68 per cent last month, more than double its benchmark's 0.67 per cent gain. But for a fund with an impressive two-year track record, only a small pool of investors has heard about it.

LMW Invest secures property veterans

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
Listed property valuation firm LandMark White is setting up a new investment management arm that boasts industry heavyweights Linden Toll, president of ADPIA, and ex-Investa fund manager Michael Este at its helm.

BNP Paribas wins six years with AMP

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
BNP Paribas Securities Services has won a six year custody and fund administration services mandate with AMP Ltd.