Australia’s .3 trillion pension fund sector has leap-frogged Canada to take fourth spot in the Towers Watson Global Pension Asset Study 2011. According to the study, the value of Australian pension fund assets increased to 103 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of 2010, compared to 93 per cent in 2009. … Read more
Investment vehicles are of various types of which mutual funds are perhaps the most popular. However, people are increasingly becoming aware of the specialty investment vehicles, hedge funds. How do these differ from the conventional mutual funds? If you have no idea, it is better to get a good understanding of the distinction. Ample promotion … Read more
Stockholm, October 21st 2008 — Opalesque, the world’s largest subscription-based publisher covering the alternative investment industry, has just launched the ninth issue of its groundbreaking Roundtable Series, the Opalesque Nordic Roundtable (download here: http://www.opalesque.com/index.php?act=static&and=RoundtableNORDIC). Some of the Nordic hedge funds and CTAs have track records that go back to 1991. There are more than 200 … Read more
Nowadays, while evaluating and selecting the best performing mutual funds, investors look at the fund performance for 6 months to a year down the road. The highest performing mutual funds in 2010 have surprised many investors and investment pundits due to its negative correlation with the recent past. The following were the highest performing mutual … Read more
Copyright (c) 2010 Ed Opperman A divorce case is a process that can be very hard on everyone that is involved, and this is especially true if there are any children that were born within the marriage. No matter what the circumstances may be, there just are not that many divorce cases that go smoothly … Read more