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Investors pretending there's value in the market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
Investors are wrongly convincing themselves there is still value in an overpriced equity market, a top performing fund manager says. Ben Leyland, senior fund manager at BT Investment Management-owned investment house J O Hambro and manager of the London-based ...

Investment Manager Regime passes through Parliament

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
The Investment Manager Regime (IMR) legislation, aimed at removing tax uncertainty for foreign investors when using Australia-based fund managers, was passed through Parliament last night. The legislation was recommended by Mark Johnson in his 2009 ...

Fund manager fees too high: David Neal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Investment management fees are too high and if they remain unchecked then fund managers will find clients moving management capabilities in house or search for cheaper options. That's according to Future Fund managing director David Neal, who made the ...

La Trobe pooled mortgage fund rated by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
La Trobe Financial's Pooled Mortgage's Option (PMO) has been given a "Recommended" rating by Zenith Investment Partners. In the report, Zenith Analyst Dugald Higgins said: "The PMO's performance over the longer term has been robust, showing solid returns ...

BTFG hires head of general insurance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
BT Financial Group (BTFG) has appointed a senior executive from Suncorp to join its insurance and investments business. Gerard McDermott has been named head of general insurance in the division. He joins from Suncorp where he was most recently executive ...

FIIG to arrange record bond issue

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
National transport and logistics company SCT Logistics will undertake Australia's largest unrated bond issue for a private business through a dual-tenor issue of $75-85 million. The issue, which will be arranged by FIIG Securities, comprises two types ...

Cross-border distribution low despite initiatives

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
Only a small percentage of Australian fund managers have developed their off-shore distribution despite joint initiatives to promote international expansion from the Federal government and industry bodies. Of the $2.5 trillion in assets under management ...

Almost everyone got a bonus this year, report reveals

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
Asset managers and insurance professionals were most pleased with their bonuses in 2014/15, according to the recently published Morgan McKinley's Bonus Survey. Almost all financial services professionals received a bonus in 2014/15, with 41% getting ...

Managed funds jump $115 billion

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
Managed funds grew by $115.2 billion in the 12 months to end of March, according to the latest report from researcher Plan For Life. Retail managed funds ended the year up $45.3 billion (or 14.4%) to total $742.7 billion. Most of the leading companies ...

Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
Australia has come dead last in a study of portfolio disclosure standards across 29 countries. The Morningstar Global Fund Investor Experience Report assesses managed fund investor experiences in 25 countries (expanded to 29 for the published article) ...