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SMSFs the new retail

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... at Provident Capital, who believes SMSFs are the new retail funds. "A lot of these SMSFs are finding their way to fund managers through managed funds or exchange traded funds (ETFs)... but as to whether anyone out there, especially the large players ...

Super fund private equity inflows constant

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... focus in alternative investments on a global scale, hosted the event on private equity for local economists and fund managers, with fellow guest speaker Erik Hirsch, chief investment officer at Hamilton Lane, a private equity investment management firm ...

IE Group appoints chief executive, Liddy exits

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... executive of the health industry fund HESTA. "We will continue to offer all the main services to super funds and select fund managers, including the core cash efficiency reviews, investment implementation assistance, asset origination and management ...

Managed funds have a place in SMSFs: Select

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... McCormick. Reduced flexibility, liquidity and diversification are the natural consequences. The argument coming from the fund managers is that despite the higher costs, the vehicles provide an easy option for exposure to a variety of derivatives, allowing ...

Disclosure regulations unnecessary: FIRSTSUPER

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... fund also discloses, as do a number of other funds, where the money is invested, in what amounts and with which fund managers. Graeme Russell, chief executive of FIRSTSUPER, told Financial Standard that while his fund already operates with disclosure ...

New Portfolio Administration Service Launches

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... boon for advisers running their own administration back office as well as the technology providers behind them and fund managers whose products are not on wrap platforms," he added.

Best interest to put focus on risk: Instreet

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... recommending," said Lucas. With this shift away from balanced funds, advisers are no longer able to rely heavily on fund managers who traditionally outlined risk for them and explained the type of risk basket the portfolio fit in, said Lucas. "The government ...

BofA: Fund managers appetite for risk growing

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
Only 3% of global fund managers believe the world economy will be worse off after 2012, according to a BofA Merrill Lynch fund manager survey, although geopolitical risks still rate highly as a concern. In the BofA Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers ...

Fund managers rate Aust equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
While lack of investor confidence and a preference for risk aversion is an obvious impact of the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, the Australian share market is also vulnerable to capital flows are having a distortionary impact, according to fund manager ...

Electronic trading reduces risk for fund managers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... or not. For a platform that is very significant because of the risk if a trade doesn't get placed." Where global fund managers have had exposure to electronic trades via European and Asian operations, new to the system will be boutique funds, which are ...