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KiwiSaver up 36% to A$12.2bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
KiwiSaver combined funds under management reached A$12.2 billion at end December last year after posting annual growth of 36%, more than twice the growth rate experienced by Australian super funds. KiwiSaver is the New Zealand equivalent of Australia's ...

EM fund manager Esemplia explains turnaround plans

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
Emerging markets fund manager Esemplia last week visited Australian clients to outline its new approach. Esemplia principal Steve Triantafilidis told Financial Standard their recent investment performance saw some of the manager's pension fund clients ...

FPA grief over new fee rules

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
The Financial Planning Association has said it is "concerned" with a part of the Australian Securities & Investments Commission's final guidance on fee disclosure. Today the corporate watchdog handed down guidelines that tell Australian financial services ...

Advisers must ask clients about SRI investing: Australian Ethical

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
If the government is serious about wanting to make a positive difference on issues such as the environment, sustainability and ethical corporate governance then it must obligate financial planners to ask their clients about socially responsible investing ...

PAS Lodges MySuper application

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013
Industry fund Professional Associations Super yesterday lodged its application to offer a low-cost product to members, under the Federal Government's MySuper reforms. The fund applied for a MySuper license ahead of the "average industry time frame," ...

Charts point to bull market run in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
There's sufficient evidence within the underlying data to suggest the Australian equities market is about to enter another bull market run, according to investment chartist Regina Meani. Meani, a veteran consultant in market analysis, says there is ...

DUET Group approves internal management

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
Plans announced in July to internalise the management of Macquarie and AMP Capital-owned utilities investor DUET Group have been approved by the listed fund's shareholders. Macquarie and AMP Capital now hope to internalise DUET's management arrangements ...

Board changes at Plan B

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
IOOF's managing director and chief financial officer have been appointed to the board of listed dealer group Plan B, after their company's takeover bid was made unconditional last month. In announcing the appointments, Plan B also said that Bryan Taylor ...

Cambooya appoints new CEO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
Fairfax family office Cambooya Services has appointed a new chief executive following the departure of Peter Roach in July this year. Jenny Wheatley assumed the role of CEO of Cambooya Services in August. She has additionally taken the role of CEO for ...

Water an alternative with yield

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
Exposure to attractive food, resource and agricultural valuations can be achieved by investing in water as an asset class, said Tyndall AM. "Where there is a simple demand imbalance you are giving yourself a chance to participate in capital growth," ...