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Outsourcing helps UK trustees better manage funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
UK pension fund trustees increasingly want to outsource day to day management of their fund's functions to a third-party manager, according to a poll by Russell. "With trustees under increased time-pressure there is a need for increased delegation ...

Conflicts of interest worry ASIC

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
Following its recent review of the asset consultant industry, the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has expressed concerns over fee structure conflicts of interest based on preferring services. ASIC conducted the review as part of ...

HNW clients give brokers the 'thumbs down'

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
Failure by stockbrokers to adapt models to target what matters most to high net worth (HNW) clients has seen an exodus from traditional relationships. While the GFC and market volatility resulted in risk and capital protection being ranked most highly ...

Strategy & name change for Aberdeen fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has placed the Aberdeen Capital Growth Fund 'on hold' following Aberdeen Capital's decision to change its strategy and undergo a name change. As of 1 September, this fund will be called the Aberdeen Multi-Asset Real Return ...

Future Fund defends tax havens

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
The Future Fund has defended its investments in subsidiaries based in known tax-havens during a senate inquiry yesterday. The fund's 2011 annual report shows that it has 14.4% of its assets in the Cayman Islands, plus significant investments in the ...

The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
Indecisions, indecisions... Is this the sound of silence I hear? Investors appear to have stopped on their tracks, unsure of whether the next move would be a jump or a dive. But with momentum blowing on their tail, chances are the uptrend that started ...

Polarisation of super dubbed "shocking" by UK manager

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
The extent of polarisation within the Australian superannuation industry is "shocking," according to a UK-based manager. Alan McFarlane, chief executive officer of Dundas Global Investors said that looking from the outside as the UK moves towards a ...

Known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
It's still many, many sleeps before Christmas yet last night seems to be "the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." Financial markets generally marked time while we slept, unstirred by fresh ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up six points at 4,287. In economic news on Thursday, the Austalian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is due to release July's Labour ...

Super to eclipse banks as primary lender: Cooper

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
Superannuation funds may have more money to lend than banks in under a decade, and could play a larger role in corporate lending than the corporate bond market, said Jeremy Cooper, architect of the government's Cooper Review. He expects banks, currently ...