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More tax changes needed to aid local funds: BDO

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... question of source worsens the uncertainty for the purposes of FIN 48 - application of certain US accounting rules to managed funds - disclosure. Though the Government proposes to address the permanent establishment issue, it is clear that it does not ...

Tax reforms bolster local funds management

MEDIA RELEASES  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... Council, supports the changes and said they will provide tax certainty for foreign investors investing in Australian managed funds. "It will take away the uncertainty that currently exists which can result in foreign investors being unfairly taxed. "The ...

Aus Ethical head of distribution departs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... and SRI firm, Glebe Asset Management. Australian Ethical is a fund manager that offers ethical superannuation and managed funds. The firm is based in Canberra, and provides services to over 17,000 investors.

More choice for Westpac Online investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... upgrades and new product launches to cater for online interest in international trading and investing. These included a managed funds supermarket, international shares and U.S. exchange-traded options to provide investors with better access to overseas ...

Macquarie Wrap launches model portfolios

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... strategy adopting model portfolios in June 2011. "Asgard had templates for models in the past but they have been managed funds only, so now we are expanding the models templates out to be direct business securities and cash," said Lawrenson. Meanwhile ...

Kingston Capital signs on Powerwrap SMA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... Capital investment models, and to market a complete direct equities solution to advisers looking for an alternative to managed funds for their clients," said Kingston Capital chief executive, Steve Thomson. Powerwrap provides investment administration ...

Direct share investing gather momentum

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... at the FPA conference on the Gold Coast. Meanwhile, Mark Thomas, chief executive of Van Eyk Research, argued that managed funds still have certain advantages. "If you have a view, can you express that view and can you implement it with your clients?" ...

Aviva offers direct SMAs, model portfolios

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... Managed Account (SMA) service and is offering investors access to model portfolios based on two of its existing managed funds. The Aviva Investors Dividend Builder model portfolio has been developed for investors seeking income while the Aviva Investors ...

Asgard ramps up ETFs and direct equities strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... functionality around June 2011 that has the firm excited. "Asgard had templates or models in the past but they have been managed funds only so what we are doing is expanding the models out to be direct equity business securities or cash out." This will ...

BlackRock to expand retail arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... introduction of a superannuation version of it. BlackRock's $10 billion retail market is divided across three sectors of managed funds, SMA and ETFs. "At the moment we offer [SMAs] as ordinary investment monies structure only, so self managed super funds ...