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AMP Flexible Super adds new insurance and investment options

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
AMP has changed its insurance option and added new investment choices to its flagship retirement product, AMP Flexible Super. AMP said the new death and total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance option, Super Protection, will offer allow customers ...

Perpetual cash fund wins $300m mandate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
Perpetual Investments has been awarded a $300 million mandate by State Super Financial Services to manage part of its enhanced cash portfolio. The allocation will be invested in the Perpetual Investments' Enhanced Cash Strategy. Perpetual Investments ...

Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
Almost half the world's fund managers expect their institutional clients to adopt a more aggressive investment strategy in 2014, according to a global survey by Towers Watson. The survey, including responses from 128 investment managers (the majority ...

Chinese currency reforms to transform bond benchmarks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
China's short-to-medium-term economic challenges should not distract investors from the long-term rise of the country as a global financial power and the investment opportunities that its emergence will create, according to AllianceBernstein director ...

Blue Sky hires ex-Certitude exec to run new office

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
Listed alternative investment manager Blue Sky has appointed ex-Certitude Global Investments executive Laz Siapantas to run its new office in Melbourne. Siapantas has been appointed as Blue Sky's new key account manager and will be responsible for servicing ...

Standard Life Inv steps up shareholder activism

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
Global investment manager Standard Life Investments has said it is enjoying the benefits of new regulations which promote shareholder activism. In 2013 regulators around the world introduced new laws and regulations designed to strengthen corporate ...

Compliance costs Aussie advisers $15k versus global peers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
The extra time Australian advisers spend on administration and compliance compared to global advisers is costing them more than $15,000 a year, according to research by CoreData. Administration and compliance make up about 30% of Australian advisers' ...

Perpetual wins Morningstar Fund Manager of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
Perpetual Investments took home the top Australian Fund Manager of the Year Award at the Australian Morningstar Awards. Perpetual held off competition from finalists AMP Capital and Franklin Templeton. BlackRock won the multi-sector category, Bentham ...

Henderson reports record profit

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Henderson has reported a record net profit of A£125.1 million ($233 million) for the year to 31 December. The strong result was driven by a 9.5% rise in revenue to a record A£578.2 million ($1.1 billion), resulting from strong investment performance ...

Blue Sky on track to reach $500m by June

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Listed fund manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments has reported a 31% increase in underlying income to $7.2 million for the half year to 31 December. As with prior half-year results, the Brisbane-based manager reported a small underlying profit of ...