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Star managers launch fund-of-funds in support of children's charities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... Investments, Eley Griffiths Group, Discovery Asset Management, Smallco Investment Management, Lanyon Investment Management, Regal Funds Management, Bennelong Long Short Equity Management, Optimal Fund Management, Watermark Funds Management and Sandon ...

Super funds have clout to demand transparency

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
Super funds should not be shy of demanding full holdings disclosure from alternatives managers in order to meet reporting standards, HOSTPLUS chief investment officer Sam Sicilia has said. Sicilia said that if the managers refuse to provide the information ...

Brogden leaves FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... changes to superannuation and creating a financial services trade agenda for Australia - particularly on the Asian Region Funds Passport a^' are among the many things that John will leave in his legacy," Cooper said. The FSC has 76 full members, which ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... "expressing a reservation on the quality of data reported by Greece, due to uncertainties on the surplus of social security funds for 2009, on the classification of some public entities and on the recording of off-market swaps." Just as today there was ...

Labor forces tabling of FoFA regulations

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... 2014. Industry Super Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley welcomed the move by Labor and said: "Industry super funds, with over five million members, trusts that the Australian Senate will disallow the regulations that will reduce consumer ...

HK funds market climbs to A$2.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
Hong Kong's funds management sector now oversees A$2.4 trillion, surging due to huge inflow increases from mainland China. The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission's (HKSFC) has just released its annual Fund Management Activities Survey that ...

QIC funds added to Federation platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
Two QIC managed funds, DDH Global Fixed Interest Alpha Fund and the DDH Balanced Growth Fund, have been added to the Federation Managed Accounts fund. The funds' responsible entity is DDH Graham, and the funds are managed by QIC. Federation described ...

HOSTPLUS nearly ready for SMSF infra investments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
HOSTPLUS' infrastructure investment option for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) is ready to go, pending the approval of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), the fund's chief investment officer Sam Sicilia has said. The option ...

Alternatives managers must be more transparent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... increasing their allocation to alternative asset classes such as private equity, infrastructure, direct property and hedge funds. Alongside this, regulators are demanding a higher level of transparency for super funds. "Regulators have been particularly ...

What happened to the ISA-FSC accord?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... way of such an agreement, guaranteeing a continued battle for some time to come: namely, FoFA, and modern awards. Industry funds such as those Whiteley represents rely heavily on the modern awards system to gain new members and hold on to existing ones. ...