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SMSFs buy more Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
Self-managed super funds are embracing the comeback of Aussie shares with vigour, according to new figures from Multiport. Investments in equity have become the flavour of the quarter to 31 December, with a 10 per cent jump in investments in the sector ...

... and transparency strategy to benefit Aussie funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
Three leading placement agents in Australia have filed a joint submission to the Cooper Review, stressing that the system in Australia is more transparent and markedly different to the US. The California Public Employees' Retirement System, one of the ...

GSJBWAM Aussie equities wins rating upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management's (GSJBW) Australian equities team continues to impress ratings houses after gaining another rating upgrade from Lonsec. Lonsec upgraded the GSJBW Australian equities portfolio from 'investment grade' to 'recommended'. ...

BT adds 33 new funds to Wrap Essentials

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... over 80 managed funds, insurance and margin lending, in one secure online account. The new funds have been added across Aussie equities, cash, fixed interest, international shares and property securities, among others. Terry Millett, chief executive ...

Aberdeen closes Aussie bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
Aberdeen has closed its Aberdeen Australian Bond Fund, following the manager's integration with Credit Suisse. The fund had $148 million at the end of October, according to the product's factsheet. This means Aberdeen will only have one Australian fixed-interest ...

LUCRF Super hires new Aussie eq managers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... asset classes within the fund. LUCRF Super announced this morning that the changes were a result of a restructure of the Aussie equities sector, conducted by the fund's internal investment team in conjunction with asset consultant, Watson Wyatt. Meanwhile ...

On A$ parity and dashed whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
Here we go, here we go, here we go. If everything continues to go the way it's going, the Australian dollar could very soon be trading one for one against the big one. My Bloomberg screen currently has the A$ fetching US$0.9208 -- it went as high as ...

HESTA pays managers after tax

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
The $13 billion HESTA is taking a new approach to measuring and remunerating Aussie equities fund managers by making them accountable for the tax implications of their decisions. According to a press statement by HESTA, the fund would be the first super ...

GMO and Lazard win combined $1.4bn in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... where their "best ideas are played out quite strongly", said Jeff Rogers, chief investment officer of ipac. The firm's Aussie equities book is now divided between Lazard, Barclays Global Investors, GMO and Schroder. Mandates with Maple-Brown Abbott ...

Aussies follow Brits pushing advice aside

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
Australians could be following the British path of brushing financial planning aside even though many people needed guidance in improving their financial situations, according to Guardian Financial Planning. Guardian executive manager Steve Browning ...