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In-housing creating consultant uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
Asset consultants are jostling for position in a bid to combat the in-housing of super fund investment teams, with a variety of strategies emerging. At its recent annual Ideas Exchange in Melbourne, Towers Watson addressed superannuation fund CIOs some ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... up gains of almost five per cent to sit at a seven-year high after the Bank of Japan announced its surprise decision in a bid to drag the economy back from the brink of recession. The Nikkei jumped 4.83 per cent, adding 755.56 points to 16,413.76 - its ...

Link acquires proxy solicitation firm

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... King brand name outside the Americas. Proxy solicitation firms help corporations gain support for business proposals in a bid to achieve the desired voting result at shareholder meetings. Their role has become increasingly important as advocacy groups ...

Fidelity appoints two senior executives

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
Fidelity Australia has appointment two senior executives in a bid to strengthen the firm's relationships with clients. Warwick Boys joins the company as head of institutional business. For the past five years Boys was working at Perpetual Investments ...

Instos too slow to make investment decisions

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
Institutions are turning increasingly to alternative assets in a bid to boost returns but many are too slow in changing their asset allocation, according to the latest AMP Capital Institutional Investor Report. Almost half (46%) of the global survey ...

Lonsec confirms interest in van Eyk's iRate

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... financial advisers in Australia to access van Eyk research, portfolio construction tools and model portfolios. "We did submit a bid to acquire these assets, however we are bound by a non-disclosure agreement," the research house said. At this stage no ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... with Shire Pharmaceutical shares devastated by the chilling news that US giant AbbVie would review its $US54 billion takeover bid. The worrisome economic data sent Frankfurt's DAX 30 down 2.87 per cent to close at 8,572.15 points, a low not seen since ...

Perpetual reveals details of first LIC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... needed diversification, particularly to SMSFs, whose portfolios are typically concentrated in local banks and resources. In a bid to provide improved transparency, Perpetual expects to release the daily net tangible asset backing of the company's shares ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... 1200 AEDT, miner Rio Tinto had lost 92 cents to $59.15 after Swiss-based miner Glencore said it had abandoned its takeover bid, at least for now. BHP Billiton was down 65 cents at $32.59, and iron ore miner Fortescue Metals had dipped two cents to $3.42. ...

Australians miss out on billions in unpaid super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
Around 650,000 Australian workers are missing out on almost $2.5 billion annually because their employer does not make mandatory superannuation contribution, according to a new study by Tria Partners. The research, which was commissioned by Cbus, REST ...