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Prime Value Opportunities Fund added to BT Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... the BT Wrap platform. The Prime Value Opportunities Fund invests in a concentrated portfolio of equities. During turbulent times it has the ability to allocate up to 100% holdings in cash. Launched in November 2012, the Prime Value Opportunities Fund ...

Fixed it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
The times, they are a-changin'. We've come a long, long way Virginia. Yes, us, Australians all... for the times, they have a-changed. Not so long ago, many were concern over Australian bank's vulnerability to rising interest rates because of their reliance ...

PROFILE: Head of Australian operations at Western Asset Management Anthony Kirkham

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... Alice Uribe finds out how he steers a ship that quadrupled its funds under management to $20 billion despite challenging times. Anthony Kirkham, the head of Australian operations at Western Asset Management is due to celebrate his 15th anniversary at ...

Hedge funds risk collapse without middle office upgrades

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... reputational risk is also significant." The industry is currently consulting on introducing regulation to shorten trade settlement times from the current three days to two. This will only increase the pressure on managers to tighten up their systems. ...

FSI questions viability of franking credits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... number of accounts with assets in retirement in excess of $5 million could each receive annual tax concessions more than five times larger than the single Age Pension."

Confidence key to financial future: Murray

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... Mr Murray said. But the report does not agree in providing a government guarantee to all banks should they fall on tough times because that would expose taxpayers to a significant liability. And neither does it back the idea of charging the big four ...

Hastings sell US natural gas terminal for huge profit

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... demand for infrastructure assets by selling its stake in a Texan liquid natural gas terminal for a return of five and half times what it paid. Together with Zachry American Infrastructure, Hastings sold its jointly held 25% equity interest in Freeport ...

Frantic pace of alternatives growth revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... of its latest report on the sector. The Global Alternatives Survey, which was conducted in conjunction with the Financial Times, total global alternative assets under management hit US$5.7 trillion, up from US$5.1 trillion in 2012. Assets managed by ...

Calastone launches automated reporting tool

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... year-end income and tax statement accounted for, involving manually keying in tax components and income data - sometimes many times over at different stages of the process." This costs the industry up to $35 per holding, Bernasconi said. "Not to mention ...

Governor Glenn lets his jaw drop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... elsewhere in the world, most measurements would say it is overvalued, and not by just a few cents. Of course, we live in unusual times, with interest rates at the 'zero lower bound' in several major jurisdictions. Nonetheless, we think that investors ...