Managed Funds

  • Fearless at the front as stockmarkets tremble

    Having viewed the financial crisis as one big opportunity, Simon Shields is not about to be fazed by a bit of global market uncertainty.

  • Time to uncover some rich pickings

    There are a number of precious finds still under-appreciated by the market.

  • Time for a spring cleaning of your portfolio

    With the reporting season at an end and the global financial crisis fading into the background - at least as far as Australia is concerned - it is a perfect time for a little portfolio spring cleaning.

  • Index tracks BRIC nations

    Citigroup is preparing to launch a new product that should be attractive to investors who like the commodities/emerging markets story.

  • Fielding better luck in China

    After years of heartache there's a value play emerging, and it's based on China assets.

  • Gunns some way from firing

    Shares of timber giant Gunns are trading at 10-year lows after the company revealed a poor first half result and a complex company restructure.

  • Bonds and commodities hold sway

    European investor intentions for 2009-10 show a desire to move away from shares and into fixed-income products.

  • Debt levels fan flames of doubt

    What happens when a country runs out of money but needs more debt to solve the problems of the global financial crisis? In recent weeks events have suggested financial markets might be finally starting to price in the prospect that countries, other than Greece, Spain and Portugal, could have trouble financing their ever-growing debt levels.

  • Charter Hall rated a buy

    Property investment company Charter Hall is rated a buy by UBS.

  • Molopo Energy

    Baillieu Stockbroking recommends investors buy Molopo Energy, an emerging producer of seam gas from projects in Australia, Canada and South Africa..

  • Austin profit rates it a buy

    Melbourne-based Baillieu Stockbroking has a buy recommendation on

  • Kangaroo v bald eagle

    The chart shows just how well Australia is faring compared with the United States. The national accounts published last week showed that the local economy expanded by 0.9 per cent in the three months to December.

  • Sector buoyant despite funding fears

    The healthcare sector has been marred by concerns about further government funding cuts in the wake of the February reporting season.

  • Related-party rule stamps out collections

    Inherited coin or stamp collections can't be acquired by a DIY super fund.

  • Spin wide web to snare top assets

    Australian superannuation funds are widening their investments in the search for juicy returns that aren't tied to world investment markets.

  • Global crisis breeze changes to headwinds

    Managed bond funds were the pick of the credit crisis, delivering stellar returns throughout 2008 as global interest rates tumbled. But a year on, conditions weren't as kind.

  • Traders warm to BRIC markets

    The economies that have withstood the global downturn have the best outlook for growth, writes Madelleine Koo.

  • Retirees angling for steady income without the stress

    Our ageing population is moving out of the accumulation phase for superannuation, writes Stephen Shore.

  • New trading platform part of shake-up

    The Australian Securities Exchange is developing a platform that allows trading in managed funds, writes Sally Patten.

  • Positive news emerges, as do opportunities

    Australian real estate investment trust fund managers are focused on moving onwards and upwards after a year of property value write-downs and debt-laden balance sheets.

  • Minnows leveraged to recovery reap benefits

    Making a play on stocks leveraged to the economic recovery paid off for small-cap fund managers in the December quarter.

  • Investors exposed to a raw deal by rising merger fever

    Fund manager takeovers are back, but the benefits are unlikely to go to their customers, writes Alison Kahler.

  • Striking divergence in performance

    Upper and lower performers among fund managers showed greater deviation in returns than previous years, writes Jane Searle.

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