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UBS restructures core business

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... weaknesses associated with the integrated 'one firm' business model. "Some of these weaknesses - such as the blurring of the true risk-reward-profile of individual businesses - are the source of substantial risk, as we have seen in the past few months," ...

Fund call centres the weakest link

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... call within 20 seconds or mentioning a customer's name three times. These measurements that are not congruent with achieving true customer satisfaction, claims CitiStreet. So what's the solution? CitiStreet partner and US-based call centre research house ...

Returns stats should show impact of advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... resolve this issue] is to provide performance results gross and net of expenses. The gross figure will provide a measure of true fund manager performance - the skills of the fund manager to earn high returns. "The net figure will provide a measure of ...

VISSF turns 50

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... provides an interactive website, flexible investment options and monthly crediting rates. However, the super fund remains true to its history with many of its current employees have been with the fund for over a decade.

Unlisted assets poised for higher illiquidity premiums

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... super funds don't need the cashflow doesn't mean they shouldn't get the right premium for the illiquidity risk they take. True, David Hartley, chief investment officer at Sunsuper, said the fund wasn't getting an illiquidity premium during the LPT boom. ...

GESB converts to a 'true' mutual

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
WA-based $8.8 billion super fund GESB is next month scrapping its status as a public-servant only super fund and flicking the switch to become a mutual, complete with voting rights and direct member ownership. Starting 1 July, GESB members will have ...

Mortgage arrears hit all-time high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
... however is how many previously lowered mortgage rates below the Reserve Bank level prior to the sub-prime crisis when their true funding costs were actually much lower than the standard benchmark levels.

KBC Global Water rated recommended

... record in active water investing with $2.7 billion in assets under management. Lonsec noted in its review that the fund is 'true to label' and adopts SRI screens and in-depth sector research that ensure only 'pure' water stocks make it into the final ...

ATO sends warning to super fund trustees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... "What trustees must be doing that's been picked up by the ATO, is they would be accepting a valuation which wouldn't be its true market value, so that might be the purchase price or it might be its most recent valuation might be quite old," he said. ...

Liquidnet trading reaches $1 billion

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... Australian buy side community has jumped at the opportunity to anonymously access block liquidity. They have demonstrated true leadership in their early adoption which benefits the individuals for whom they invest," said Stephen Zilioli, Liquidnet co-head. ...