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Super funds signal intention to delve into overseas property

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... challenge, and suggested this could be improved by better education supported by industry groups, consultants and fund managers," said Fiona Reynolds, chief executive officer, AIST.

Rainmaker event draws global investors to Australian market

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Global fund managers will have the chance to assess the merits of entering Australia's $1.5 trillion wealth management market at an event hosted by Rainmaker Group and Bloomberg in Singapore today. Rainmaker managing director Christopher Page and Bloomberg's ...

Invesco shifts Asian focus to consumer demand

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... young population and rising wages have placed the consumer demand story at the heart of stock selections for Asian fund managers. Invesco plans to make significant changes to its portfolio, targeting 65 to 85 actively managed stocks, focusing on the ...

Brookes departs as CCSL chief

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... management products and services to wholesale clients including super funds, financial advisers, accountants and fund managers. The acquisition of CCSL was announced in December 2010 and finalised in April 2011 with CCSL remaining independently chaired ...

BT: product strength will defend market share

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... offerings including the BT one which is a very important relationship for Count, and there will be a wide choice of fund managers." "So, no, it is certainly not the case that things will just be channeled to CBA." While BT now provides the preferred ...

Short-termism crippling wealth management

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... short term." The paper assessed the current behaviour of key industry agents, including corporate management, active fund managers, asset consultants, super fund trustees and 'mum and dad' investors, concluding the approach is widespread across the industry. ...

CBA in takeover bid for Count Financial

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... backers in the new era of Future of Financial Advice reform changes, with volume based commissions still on offer from fund managers as retail trailing commissions are phased out. The purchase is expected to increase the Commonwealth's advisor numbers ...

SMA managers raise standards

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... the MCPM Core Australian Equity SMA to three stars. The ratings of a further ten separately managed account (SMA) fund managers were unaffected, while S&P noted that the management of the model portfolios has improved on the whole, as managers have adjusted ...

IOOF profits soar despite difficult times

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... to expand in the next 12 months with potential acquisition targets being financial advisory firms, dealer groups, fund managers and platform providers. IOOF was the only really large independent wealth management provider, he said. "It's not an institutional ...

AustralianSuper creates head of equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... confirmed to Financial Standard that this appointment does not signify a move of funds management in-house and away from fund managers, more of an exploration of options of the equities portfolio and models to determine what is the best way to extract ...