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New fund to give retail investors access to volatility index

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
Grant Samuel Funds Management and Triple3 will launch the Triple3 Volatility Advantage Fund, which will give retail investors exposure to options on the VIX Index. The fund to launch next week and requires a minimum investment of $25,000. "We are hoping ...

OneVue pitches Managed Accounts to industry funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
Managed account provider OneVue is pitching its services to industry super funds that may be looking to add low cost platform functionality in an effort to meet the investment needs of high-end fund members who may otherwise be tempted to set up their ...

Industry responds to super fees study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... Superannuation Trustees (AIST), said that the unfavourable comparison between Australian super fund fees and those of international funds was misleading. "With regards to international pensions, most have a greater allocation to cash and bonds.A These ...

Legal action on cards as FWC denies FSC requests

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... to the expert panel. However, as it has previously stated, it considers the entire FWC process unfairly favours industry funds. FSC chief executive John Brogden said: "It is an extraordinary circumstance where the president of the Fair Work Commission ...

Future Fund and super returns on par

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... achieved rolling 3 year returns of about 9.5% pa, putting the de facto sovereign wealth fund on par with workplace super funds when the Future Fund's tax-free and member-free status is taken into account. The $98 billion Future Fund has just released ...

Kinetic Super to reduce admin fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... fees comes just after the release of a report by the Grattan Institute, which criticises the high fees Australian super funds charge compared to their international counterparts.

Channel Capital acquires QIC small cap business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... Australian small caps capability to be known as Discovery. Discovery will join Channel Capital with around $300 million in funds under management, Channel Capital partner Katharine Youhanna confirmed.

netwealth appoints head of investment and research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... for supporting the major national key accounts and manage the relationship with rating agencies across annuity and Fidante funds. He was previously at OC Funds Management in investment and product consulting. Prior to this he was director of fund services ...

Australia signs FATCA agreement with US

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... and minimises costs by simplifying due diligence requirements." Baker also noted that "certain complying superannuation funds may qualify as Deemed Compliant Foreign Financial Institutions and may not be subject to the same level of compliance obligations ...

BNP Paribas wins $1bn Certitude contract off NAB

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... Capital Limited (Hong Kong) and Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC (US). The trusts represent around $1 billion in funds under management. Certitude chief executive Craig Mowll said: "Certitude needed a global custodian that understood our future ...