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How to get private equity returns from listed stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... mimicking the sector weights of private equity managers in the public space results in similar return profiles. "Buyout funds are typically focusing on companies that have done very poorly. Private equity managers may think this is a company specific ...

MLC multi-manager funds get highest rating

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
MLC has been awarded the highest rating - '5 Apples' - by research house ChantWest for its range of multi-manager funds. ChantWest identified the flagship 'Horizon 4 - Balanced' fund, which returned 6.8% per annum in the 10 years to June 2014 (after ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... Financial System Inquiry, reforms to lift financial adviser competency standards, completion of Mark Johnson's exporting of funds management recommendations and structural changes to superannuation competition and governance arrangements. The last four ...

JPM names head of product

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... Azer the role of head of product for investor services in Australia and New Zealand. Azer was previously head of global funds services product for the region, a role she has held since 2012, but she also started her career at the company around 18 years ...

Spring lists on ASX

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... has assets under advice in excess of $330 million, a mortgage book of more than $120 million and 300 self-managed super funds (SMSFs) under administration. The move to publicly list the company follows the acquisitions of Pink Diamond Financial Group ...

Super funds blend ETFs into investment strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
Superannuation funds have started to use exchange traded funds (ETFs) for cash equitisation or to enter new markets. "Over the last 18 to 24 months we have seen more institutional investors tap the ETF market, as we see more product proliferation on ...

MyPlanner launches managed account solution

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... she added. "The MMP Managed Account Service is an alternative for advisers who believe the cost of platforms and managed funds is too high and not worth it," she said. "Many of our advisers say it's increasingly hard to justify the cost of investing ...

BGL and CoreLogic launch SMSF property tool

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
BGL Corporate Solutions and CoreLogic RP Data have launched a tool that allows self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and their advisers to request depreciation schedules for residential and commercial property. "This new service means our clients SMSFs will ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... Add the ECB's demand to "Competition for purchases may come from banks requiring bonds to meet regulatory rules, pension funds that need to match their liabilities, passive investors who track debt indexes, and other central banks, which buy European ...

Punitive excess contributions tax removed

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
The bill to remove the punitive tax rates on excess non-concessional contributions made to superannuation funds has passed through the Senate. Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has said the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No.7) ...