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Managers see ASX at 5500 this year

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
The ASX will end the year at 5500, according to forecasts by fund managers expecting solid performance in the domestic equities space. Boutique manager Dalton Nicol Reid said that the market looks reasonably cheap, trading at 11.8 times earnings and ...

La Trobe buys super specialists IE Group

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... returns. It has $80 million in managed cash. O'Neill said La Trobe was now talking to a number of super funds and fund managers before embarking on a national road show to explain the new services they will offer. He said the first contract for $12 million ...

Insurance advice needs to pick up the pace

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
The Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA) is urging property fund managers to check that their insurance coverage is keeping pace with their changing business models. "While under-insurance is by no means confined to the property ...

Economic woes keep US growth in check

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
Fund managers hoping for a US GDP growth rate of 3 per cent or better are likely to be disappointed if Harvard academic Martin Feldstein is correct. Dr Feldstein recently told the Australian Centre for Financial Studies that the US was unlikely to achieve ...

Property primed for inflow pick up

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Fund managers are urging investors not to miss out on property stocks while at the bottom of the cycle because inflows into the sector remain down. Martin Hession, head of property, Australian Unity, said that retail investment in unlisted funds was ...

Janus pools $660m in Global Research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... upfront how we're going to take that risk," he added. To address this, Scherman said Janus separates itself from other fund managers by taking a more pro-active approach on risk analysis. "The year 2008 highlighted the differences between risk monitoring ...

Fund managers feast on billion-dollar debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Corporate debt issuance has surged this year giving fund managers billions of dollars worth of diversification in the fixed income market, leading experts have said. Bond fund giant Pacific Investment Management Co (PIMCO) estimates about US$18 billion ...

Industry digs deep for children's charity

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Fund managers and life insurance companies helped raise $10,000 for a children's charity at an annual conference hosted by PATRON Financial Advice. The annual conference took place in Hobart in March and featured a 'Sergeant at Arms' to fine delegates ...

Smaller banks seeking platform independence

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... independence. "I think it's a great opportunity for any independent party, platform developers, financial advisers and fund managers and consumers to break the stranglehold of the big 5 institutions," said Varlamos. "Why would any bank outside of the ...

Brookvine to drive BCS equities distribution

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... portfolio construction," said Herlihy. BCS was formed in 2007, bringing together Herlihy and John Bowers, both former fund managers at Barclays Global Investors and John Stuckey, former Australian managing partner at McKinsey & Company. "The ability ...