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Integrity opens to retail

Integrity, a boutique fund set up by former UBS Australian equities head Paul Fiani, hits the ground running with $400 million in institutional money already invested and a new retail fund launched last week. The Integrity Australian Share fund, loosely ...

ATO fines SMSF $62k

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
As the Australian Tax Office cracks down on SMSF misuse, a trustee couple representing Axent Group have been fined up to $62,500 for using nearly $150,000 in fund assets to pay their personal debt. The group has been fined $30,000 after selling property ...

SSgA launches Global Total Equity Returns in Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... at SSgA in Boston, said the new product is based upon strategies developed in Australia by the SSgA research team. "The focus is on total risk rather than relative risk. It contains some sector constraints but they are not very binding." The risk approach ...

Apostle adds global LPTs

... launch a 'Value Investors Asia' fund in Australia next month. "AEW's strengthened Australian presence is part of our growing focus on investment opportunities in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region," said Jeffrey Furber, AEW's chief executive. Michelle ...

Asset finance companies lose lending share

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... KPMG financial services partner Martin McGrath said: "A major challenge for the finance company sector is the increasing focus of other players in the industry, including the major banks, on the business sector as the engine for growth." Business lending ...

Liquidnet rollout gains ASIC approval

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Liquidnet Australia has received Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) approval to roll out phase one of its new software that will allow institutions to trade large blocks of equities directly and anonymously with each other. The software ...

Intech rounds out product team

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
Skandia's investment consultant house Intech has appointed former Perpetual executive Katherine Burns as head of investment product and former ipac product manager Julie Smith as investment product specialist. The pair commenced their positions on October ...

IFSA to release new guidelines

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... coming towards a decision." Gilbert said as Australia's funds management industry grows, there would need to be a greater focus was needed on standards and guidelines, especially given possible changes following the federal election next month. "When ...

Fiducian launches India fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... technology. The mid cap stock bias of the fund is designed to capture the growth of India's middle class. "With a mid cap focus you're really capturing that India 'ground growth' and the power of the up and coming consumer," he said. The fund is available ...

Future Fund appoints equities investment director

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
The Future Fund has appointed former Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) executive Elspeth (Elly) Lumsden as equities investment director. Lumsden was previously investment director of international equities at VFMC, and previously worked ...