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Beulah seizes post-FOFA opportunity

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... clients are looking for. According to Ryan, the adviser's ability to rebalance clients across a range of assets and asset classes, to use brokers of choice and be able to manage timing of execution is imperative to future planning success. "FOFA is changing ...

Sunsuper renews Mercer mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... last few years building its specialist frameworks in response to client demand for niche and deep advice across asset classes and also per industry sector. "In the past couple of years we have also introduced global alternatives, equities, bonds and ...

iShares appoints new director

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... investors," said Mark Oliver, managing director, iShares Australia. "As the Australian ETF industry grows and new asset classes become available, I believe transparency, education and investor support will become increasingly important. iShares is absolutely ...

FUM market slides back to $1.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... 17% ahead after recovering a whopping 33% since its March 2009," revealed the researcher. The five fastest growing asset classes are ethical/SRI, hedge funds, international property, international fixed and Australian equities. The cash weighting across ...

Super funds signal intention to delve into overseas property

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... overall portfolio volatility and non-listed property has always been known for its low correlation with traditional asset classes," said Martin Lamb, director, Asia Pacific Real Estate Investment, Russell Investments. Funds cited foreign tax drags and ...

CMC Markets launches new platform

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... foreign exchange and commodities in a market where there are limited choices for investors wanting access to these asset classes," said Cooper. The platform also features automatic transaction based stop losses. This remains enabled from account set ...

QIC eyes Asian mandates through new ambassador

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... further inflows. "The feedback we've received from investors in Asia suggests that we have three and possibly five asset classes of interest," said Addis. QIC's sovereign wealth, or multi-asset capability is the primary one, according to Addis. "Soveriegn ...

nabInvest secures US firm stake

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... bought up a minority stake in a US global fixed income investment management firm, in a bid to expand its range of asset classes. Peridiem Global Investors, based in Los Angeles, applies a quantitative and fundamental analysis to alternative and traditional ...

CFA results are in for 2500 finance professionals

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... worldwide. The curriculum includes ethical and professional standards, financial reporting and analysis, economics, asset classes, portfolio management and wealth planning. Those aspiring to the charter spend more than 300 hours studying to prepare for ...

Super funds need modern platforms to disclose holdings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... days to figure out their exposure." The strength of the platform was that it is fully integrated, he said, with all asset classes on the one system. SimCorp Dimension is used by over 160 financial organisations globally including Deutsche Bank Asia and ...