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Foreign MIS tax legislation delayed

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... Under the Labor government the rate was lowered from 30% to the current 7.5%. "For the past 18 months Australian fund managers have continuously told the government that overseas investors will only invest through Australia once legislation has passed ...

IMCA names CIMA scholarship winners

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... of managed funds and structured investments at BT Financial Group and Matthew Zschech, portfolio manager at Alpha Fund Managers who received the BlackRock Investment Management / Portfolio Construction Forum Scholarship. The FEAL CIMA Scholarship was ...

APRA: Third line of defence in Trio-style fraud

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... associated with investments in opaque hedge funds. "The response to this advice was generally negative, with hedge fund managers' cristising APRA and even an AFR editorial stating that APRA had 'strayed outside their prudential remit." APRA's plans for ...

Facebook IPO price raises queries on value

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
Facebook's IPO, priced at $38 per share will raise $16bn in the largest tech IPO in history, yet some local fund managers are questioning the $104bn valuation the price will give the social network. "The $38 share price highlights the fact it seems ...

Active risk under spotlight

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... other stock in the portfolio was less than 2% from its market weight, despite the portfolio being one of active fund managers. "You need to dig deeper into the detail when mixing these sorts of investments in order to get the outcome you intended," confirmed ...

Lifeplan upgrades investment offer

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... investment options for advisers and clients. "It now has 38 investment options from leading Australian and international fund managers across all asset classes. Of these 38 options, 15 are new to the product," Walsh said. "The Lifeplan Education Investment ...

The revival of stock picking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... from fund of hedge fund manager Fauchier Partners. Success however, requires a change in thinking on the part of fund managers. "Last year, understandably, the market's preoccupation was not with fundamentals - things like earnings and cash flows and ...

CAER and GBST launch new ESG tool

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
CAER and GBST have launched a new tool, aimed at assisting super funds and fund managers in managing environmental, social and governance risk. According to Global Financial Services Technology Provider (GBST) and Corporate Analysis Enhanced Responsibility ...

Hedge fund investors win in fees makeover

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
Only around one-third of outperformance from skill should go to hedge fund managers in the form of fees, with the rest going to the investor according to new research from Towers Watson. In the research, 'Hedge fund investing - opportunities and challenges' ...

Zurich continues Investments restructure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... will continue responsibility for overseeing relationships with both retail and institutional partners, along with fund managers and investment research houses. He will also focus on generating distribution opportunities for investment products. Formerly ...