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Strong dollar fuels shift to unhedged intl equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
Some financial advisers are responding to client demand for their international share investments to be unhedged. "There will be advisers looking at internationals more due to the high Australian dollar but if you are getting research that the dollar ...

CalPERS deploys US$500m into ESG, OTPP buys Chunnel link

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... invested $500 million into a new internally managed environmental investment strategy; while Canada's Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) and Borealis have bought the UK high-speed rail link to the channel tunnel for 2.1 billion. CalPERS said that ...

Fee-for-service products gain pace

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
With the deadline for proposed fee-for-service regulation closing in, new planning products and services are being launched to help planners handle the transition.E&W Strategic Partners, a boutique business strategy and improvement consultancy, has ...

Gen Yers want advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
If you think the majority of people who seek insurance and consolidation advice are older Australians, then think again - new research shows fund members aged 25 and below are the primary seekers of single issue advice. John McMurtrie, chief executive ...

Australian Catholic Super prepares for take-off

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
The $3.7 billion Australian Catholic Super has made a significant investment into Investec's Global Aircraft Fund. Investec said in a statement yesterday that it had won another $50 million for its Global Aircraft Fund via an open ended capital raising ...

BlackRock to expand retail arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
BlackRock plans to add to staff numbers while expanding its separately managed account (SMA) business next year, said Scott Phillips, BlackRock's head of retail. In response to the recent departures of two members of the research team, Phillips said ...

Forget brand and choices, members want performance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Just one day after results showed super funds have delivered paltry 4 per cent average returns, new research has confirmed that for members their number one priority is investment performance. The research was conducted by Mercer who interviewed 500 ...

DKN champions fee for service, unveils "land grab" strategy

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
Listed planning group DKN said its business model is insulated against the Government's proposed 'fee for service' reforms and has mapped out plans to buy more planning-related businesses over the next few years. The company's chief executive Phil Butterworth ...

Schroders surges, shuns Gartmore

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
Schroders, the UK's largest listed fund manager, reported strong results overnight but ruled itself out of contention for troubled rival manager Gartmore. Schroders reported 9 month pre-tax profits of 282.7 million, up over 250 per cent on the corresponding ...

Plan for Life offloads LifeRisk Online

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
Plan For Life passed its LifeRisk Online rights to the Life Risk Group, which announced plans to relaunch the adviser subscription service. Plan For Life said it would focus its attention on its core research business. Stephen Dingjan, managing director ...