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KPMG sounds alarm on admin fraud

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
Super fund trustees must make sure they have the option to audit their administration provider's performance, at short notice, to minimise the risk of fraud, according to KPMG. Speaking at the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia ...

In the eyes of the beholder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
It makes a great deal of difference, doesn't it? It just depends where you look. Just a week ago, nothing - absolutely nothing - could seemingly ease market nerves about the fate of the global economy and the financial markets. There were renewed stirrings ...

IMA research lag hampers investors

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
The lack of research on individually managed accounts (IMAs) in Australia have prevented more investors from putting their funds in the sector. According to Kris Vogelsong, head of corporate development at Private Portfolio Managers, the US' IMA and ...

Russell wins IOOF mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
IOOF Holdings has appointed Russell Investments as its investment consultant to help manage its $10 billion multi manager portfolios - a move that puts Russell back in the spotlight on Australia's asset consulting map. Steve Merlicek, chief investment ...

CFS platforms gain $1.9bn net flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... platform position with more than 10 per cent of the market share. Meanwhile, Colonial First State Global Asset Management's (CFS GAM) underlying profit after tax fell by 14 per cent on the prior comparative period to $121 million. Nearly 70 per cent ...

RBA mixes its game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
"It was an art and act I came to perfect. It was part of my armoury. I felt if my opponent didn't know what I was thinking then I was invincible." Bjorn Borg The Australian Open might be finished but yesterday we had the RBA mixing its play to win game ...

AUSCOAL Super adds another cash manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
AUSCOAL Super has given a fixed interest mandate to Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) to invest funds in high-rated and secure cash investments. An AUSCOAL Super statement said the investment mandate is designed to make its cash ...

US firm launches religious ETFs

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
A range of exchange traded funds (ETFs) that appeal to religious centric investors has been launched in the US. US-based group, FaithShares Trust launched the Baptist Values fund and Lutheran Values fund, which use an investment strategy that is inline ...

Dubai games

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
Cheque's in the mail! This was what Abu Dhabi told Dubai's creditors after making them sweat for almost three weeks. Financial markets cheered. And to borrow Bloomberg's headline, "Stocks Rise, Default Swaps, Dollar Drop Following Dubai Bailout". Maybe ...

US reform tightens net on big firms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
The US House of Representatives has given government regulators more power to clamp down on "too big to fail" firms that threaten economic instability. Voters have given the green light to a bill to rein in firms seen as "too big to fail", according ...