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Big six use advisers for sales while clients confused on independence

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... products and so the funds invested may be invested through branded platforms but the funds are actually going to fund managers outside the group." More worrying to financial planners was that the Roy Morgan report found clients are often confused as ...

SMSF industry responsibility

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... Symposium today. Marianne Perkovic, general manager at Colonial First State spoke to delegates this morning of issues fund managers are trying to address to build better relationships with advisers. Covering topics of opt-in and technology developments ...

Cautious bulls predict solid earnings season

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
Fund managers from Treasury Group's boutique portfolio have forecast a cautiously positive outlook for the upcoming earnings season. FrankVillante, chief investment officer of Celeste Funds Management, a small-cap Australian stock specialist, said he ...

Super funds chase CPI linked assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... research study by Towers Watson, in conjunction with UK newspaper Financial Times, alternative assets managed by global fund managers on behalf of pension funds grew 16% in 2010. The research, which covers real estate, private equity fund of funds, fund ...

Investment head concerned by super approach

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... for that company and if those issues happen to be important then they will take them into account if they are good fund managers." AXA Investment Management has over $719 billion in global FUM and offers a 'multi expert business model' in the Australian ...

Solaris responds to super demands on ESG policy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
As super funds increasingly require ESG factors to be embedded into the investment process of fund managers, $4 billion boutique Solaris Investment Management has appointed a specialist on a permanent basis. Lisa Domagala has been working with Solaris ...

US$50bn US manager lands in Sydney

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... with Rosenberg Investment Management and Salomon Smith Barney/Citigroup Asset Management. A rising number of US fund managers are looking to enter the Australian market, due to its proximity to Asia, financial stability and similar business principles. ...

New index rates sovereign debt issuers

BLACKROCK RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
BlackRock has launched a new index to help fund managers assess credit risk for governments that issue sovereign debt. Steve Miller, head of Australian fixed income at BlackRock, said the BlackRock Sovereign Risk Index would help portfolios to better ...

Former UBS star team launches flagship Bennelong Avoca fund

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... capped at an amount well below a billion dollars to avoid becoming too big to add value. "That's a problem for many fund managers," Campbell said. The team will seek to minimise the volatility of returns through sound risk management principles including ...

Funds ignoring foreign exchange risk

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... challenging to think about how they're going to set foreign currency policy and then how they're going to maintain it. And fund managers don't treat it as a serious enterprise," said Rieck. QIC's estimates that funds could have improved their balance ...