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First State Super wins low cost race

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
Economies of scale, use of electronic fund transfers (EFTs) and use of email over paperwork all helped make $15 billion First State Super the 'lowest cost' public offer fund in Australia, based on the latest Rainmaker Benchmarking report. The report ...

BT reaps $1.7bn in net inflows

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
BT Investment Management has defied the finance sector's downturn by achieving a credible $1.7 billion in net inflows from institutional and wholesale clients for the year ended September 2008. BT's funds under management averaged $38.5 billion over ...

Macq launches EM infrastructure fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
Macquarie has launched an emerging markets infrastructure fund aimed at retail investors. The Macquarie Emerging Markets Infrastructure Securities Fund, which was open to investors a few weeks ago, is headed by co portfolio managers Dave Dali and Jonathan ...

No pay for failure: ACSI

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
Leading superannuation body, the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), has called for a change in chief executive pay and disclosure and has labelled some CEO termination payments as "too generous". In a media statement by ACSI, the ...

Three funds top Lonsec Ratings

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
Lonsec bestowed its highest rating - "Highly Recommended" - to three small caps funds respectively managed by Eley Griffiths Group, Ausbil and Pengana. The ratings house reviewed and rated 26 managers in the traditional small caps space, micro cap focussed ...

More pain for insurance firms

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
Global insurance brokerage firm Aon has warned that following AIG's troubles and government rescue, there will be more bad news from insurers as the sector undergoes mass asset depletion and capital shortage. Speaking yesterday at Aon's 2008 Advanced ...

ARCH buys FPG stake

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
US asset manager ARCH Financial Products has bought a 48 per cent stake in one of the world's largest offshore independent financial adviser firms, Financial Partners Group. ARCH bought the stake in FP Group, which has more than $1.3 billion under advice ...

B&B in partnership talks

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
Babcock & Brown is reviewing expressions of interest it received by other firms to form a potential strategic relationship. According to a statement released on the ASX today, B&B confirmed that it has undertaken a process to review the expressions ...

WealthBuilder targets generational clients

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
IOOF has created WealthBuilder - a multigenerational investment bond targeted towards investors focussed on estate planning and medium to long term savings. According to Renato Mota, general manager investor solutions at IOOF, estate planning provides ...

Challenger squeezes redemptions

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
Challenger has tightened the redemption policies of its Challenger Howard Mortgage Fund and other mortgage products following significant increases in fund outflows. Challenger's investors have been retrieving their investments following the Federal ...