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Industry Funds Management name change

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
Global fund manager Industry Funds Management (IFM) has changed its name to IFM Investors. The organisation was founded over 20 years ago and is owned by 30 major superannuation funds. It invests its $48 billion funds under management on behalf of five ...

Magellan insists huge growth won't hamper returns

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
Magellan Financial Group insists its investment process remains scalable in spite of an $11 billion rise in assets under management and a three and half fold increase in underlying profit in the last 12 months. At the company's recent annual general ...

Dalton Nicol Reid consistency rewarded with Lonsec upgrade

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
Dalton Nicol Reid (DNR)'s flagship Australian Equities High Conviction Portfolio has received a 'Recommended' rating from research house Lonsec. The model portfolio aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index by 4% per annum over rolling three ...

Secrets of world's greatest investors revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
Operate with less risk than your peers, be prepared to change strategy if the market changes, don't invest in what you don't understand and work very hard. These are some of the attributes that characterise the world's 99 greatest investors, according ...

Sunsuper launches MySuper fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
The $24 billion Sunsuper fund has launched its MySuper product, a lifestyle fund which automatically transitions members into lower risk assets as they approach retirement. From 1 January next year, it will be compulsory for employers to pay default ...

JBWere names new chief investment officer

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
JBWere has appointed James Wright as its new chief investment officer. He will responsible for setting the firm's investment strategy and will oversee the tactical asset allocation, product and security selection for JBWere's private wealth management ...

Pre-retirees won't meet goals without equities

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
Investors approaching retirement will be unlikely to meet their income needs without a reasonable allocation to equities, according to investment professionals. Traditionally, investors approaching retirement have been advised to reduce their equity ...

Platinum offers $15,000 financial planning scholarship

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... year it launched the National Accreditation and Curriculum Framework for financial planning degrees. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall thanked Platinum for its support of the profession adding that the scholarships would cement and uphold educational ...

Adapt clients to slower global growth: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
The global economy is likely to experience a period of slow growth that will last from two to five years, PIMCO head of Global Product Management David Fisher said. "Advisers need to think about ways to adapt client portfolios to a changing and different ...

Advisers should engage clients on health

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
The Australian National Preventative Health Organisation (ANPHA) has thrown down the gauntlet, challenging advisers to develop ways of engaging clients on preventable health issues such as heart disease and diabetes. With at least 60% of Australian ...