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Hedge funds were top alternatives performers in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
Hedge funds accounted for over half of the asset growth across alternatives in 2014, despite their underwhelming performance during the past year, a Preqin report found. In 2014, hedge funds posted returns of 3.78%, which represents the lowest average ...

Perpetual reveals institutional, platform mandates

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
Perpetual's funds management business saw positive net inflows during the December quarter, with a number of its strategies receiving mandates from platforms and an institutional client. Perpetual did not reveal the names of the organisations that it ...

Advisers closely watching mFund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
Most financial advisers are keeping a close eye on mFund and waiting for the selection of funds to be broader before starting to use it. "We are still watching it, I think it is not at a point where it has reached its critical mass," Visis Private Wealth ...

SPAA backs government position on SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... profession. Trustees have access to the quality advice they critically need," she said. "Advice is particularly pertinent for funds that are in pension phase to ensure that trustees abide by the rules, especially as they relate to the minimum payment," ...

Tech "arms race" to spur banking competition

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... corporate banking business: "As banks with constrained balance sheets struggle to lend to large corporates, we expect some funds to be ever more willing to fill this gap." The firm said that banks can respond to these new competitors by building partnerships ...

What if SMSFs flocked to global equities in 2015?

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
Self-managed super funds (SMSF) are expected to buy $1 billion of Australian equities per month, but what if individual investors developed an appetite for global stocks at the expense of the local market? A Credit Suisse analysis of "Down-under surprises ...

Managed accounts boost advice business valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... offered through nine major managed account platforms. It shows that while managed accounts, at an estimated $20 billion in funds under administration, are not yet displacing traditional managed funds and platforms, their different business structure ...

Macquarie Group upgrades profit forecast for FY15

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... dollar depreciation since October, sales and trading volatility and increased performance fees from the group's managed funds, which went from $75 million to $373 million in the six months to September 2014. Chief executive Nicholas Moore's strategy ...

Praemium platform passes $3bn milestone

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Praemium's global funds on platform reached $3.1 billion as at 31 December 2014 following a quarter of record inflows to the company's Australian and international separately managed account (SMA) platforms. Gross inflows for the December 2014 quarter ...

REI Super extends Ibbotson consultancy mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... group provides retirement, investment advisory, and portfolio management services for financial institutions, superannuation funds, and financial advisers around the world. Ibbotson provides these services in Australia. REI Super is the industry superannuation ...