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Australia leads in global median wealth

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
The median wealth of Australians continues to be the highest in the world, a Credit Suisse Research Institute report released today reveals. Dubbed the annual Global Wealth Report, the research shows Asia Pacific overtaking Europe as the world's largest ...

Trilogy takeover attempt piracy: LM

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
An attempt by Trilogy Funds Management (Trilogy) to replace LM Investment Management Ltd (LM) as Manager of two LM feeder funds is opportunistic, hostile and without any consideration of investors' interests. This was the underlying sentiment within ...

Overseas investors' demand replacement of LM as RE

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
Unitholders in a group of mortgage funds - plus a significant number of overseas investors - want to replace the Gold Coast-based LM Investment Management (LM) with Trilogy Funds Management Limited (Trilogy) as the Responsible Entity (RE). LM is the ...

Mandates slugged by downturn

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
The economic downturn has taken a sizable toll on the size and volume of mandates in 2012, according to recently released Rainmaker research. Highlights from Rainmaker's Mandate Chaser research reveal that mandate appointments (441) in the year to 30 ...

Platforms at 10 year low

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Nervousness in underlying global investment markets, caused by ongoing European financial crises, plus massive US budget blowouts has contributed to net inflows into the platform market reaching their lowest levels in ten years, a recent report reveals. ...

Chris Ryan Joins MSCI

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, announced today that Chris Ryan has joined the firm as Head of Asia Pacific. In this newly created role, Ryan will work closely with all of MSCI's business units, functional ...

NSW and CFS partner in first gov retail annuity bond

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Colonial First State (CFS) and the NSW Government have announced a new arrangement that will see the NSW Waratah Annuity Bond offered on the CFS FirstWrap, one of the fastest growing platforms in the industry. The NSW Waratah Annuity Bond, developed ...

Liquidity comes at a price: Certitude

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
The net effect of manufacturing liquidity to meet investors' desire for access to their funds at short notice is insufficient diversification and reduced investment performance, says Craig Mowll, CEO of Certitude Global Investments. Mowll claims that ...

Innovative income fund pays dividends

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
Since its inception a year ago specifically to maximise returns for zero tax payers such as pension funds and charities, Plato Investment Management Limited (Plato) has delivered an attractive 9.5% income yield (inclusive of franking credits) within ...

DST joins forces with XSP

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
DST Global Solutions, a provider of software technology and services to the investment management industry has just launched its HiPortfolioA(R) corporate actions automation solution, powered by XSP. In addition to reducing operational losses by minimising ...