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Super to engender securitisation 'rebirth': Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... Financial Services Forum yesterday, Brogden argued that as asset concentration risk increasingly becomes an issue for monster funds, one new domestic avenue could involve a "rebirth of the securitisation market". Referencing research by Monash University ...

The Infrastructure Fund looking to add to Port of Newcastle purchase

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... Private Capital Group (TPCG), whereby the unitholders are now the legal owners of their own trust. TIF manager Hastings Funds Management managed the winning bid on TPCG's behalf. "The successful acquisition of the 98-year lease of the Port of Newcastle ...

ECP Asset Management expands to Sydney

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... chairman and chief executive Dr Manny Pohl said, adding that the group's flagship strategy, ECP AM EX50, is performing well and funds under management are rising steadily. The ECP AM EX50 strategy has returned 24.8% since inception, against its absolute ...

AMP gives SMSFs access to property and corporate bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
AMP Capital has launched two funds targeting self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors who want to access asset classes that require a large capital outlay. The AMP Capital Wholesale Australian Property Fund and the AMP Capital Corporate Bond Fund are ...

Managed accounts take-up jump 63%: survey

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... Crucially, they present additional opportunities for fund managers that want to reach financial advisers and self-managed super funds (SMSFs). But to put in context, managed accounts still represent an estimated $20 billion in FUA, meaning managed funds ...

'Choice' dashboard, portfolio disclosure delayed to 2015

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
The government has announced that the start date for the product dashboard for 'choice' super funds and introduction of the portfolio holdings disclosure regime will be delayed 12 months to July 2015. Rollout of the MySuper product dashboard is unaffected ...

BT Financial Group posts 21% profit rise

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... are committed to supporting independent financial advisers (IFAs) to deliver on their clients' objectives." The group's funds under management (FUM) were up 25% in the period and funds under advice (FUA) were up 12%. The number of retail customers in ...

CommInsure launches tailored SMSF insurance product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
CommInsure will launch a life insurance product tailored to members of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) next week. The product is an enhanced version of its Total Care Plan Super product, updated to meet the new requirements in the Superannuation ...

Custodians fight hard for big super deals

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
Custodians are fiercely competing to win the business of Australia's largest superannuation funds, with some trading in short-term commercial gain in exchange for strategic long-term deals. One method of doing this is by offering so-called 'fee holidays' ...

Super on track for double-digit year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... pa, five year average annual returns were 9.7% pa and 10 year average annual returns were 7.0% pa. Not-for-profit super funds achieved 12 month returns of 12.9% and retail funds (ie corporate master trusts) achieved 11.5% for a segment gap of 1.4 percentage ...