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CFSGAM launches two new funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
CFSGAM has launched two new, tax aware equity income funds, building on its existing Wholesale Equity Income Fund and tax aware investment capabilities, to attract a broader scope of investors. The Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) ...

Capital protected products shine in gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
Nervous market sentiment is prompting demand for defensive investments and sparking innovation with the Commonwealth Bank pondering new capital protected product structures. Moghseen Jadwat, head of business development for structured investments at ...

CFSGAM's tax solutions capture super flow

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has generated over $400 million of 'tax-aware' FUM within a year of launching the capability. CFSGAM said it had recently won mandates from three industry super funds for its tax aware investment ...

FTSE sees rising demand for after tax index

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
FTSE Group's after-tax solution received a major boost as Sunsuper's new $700 million equity mandate will be benchmarked against the FTSE ASFA Australia 300 capital gains tax index. The FTSE ASFA Australia Index Series, which provides a range of industry ...

Mason Stevens launches leveraged product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
Mason Stevens has launched a new capital protected structured product that allows investors to walk away from under-performing stocks. In conjunction with UBS, Mason Stevens has developed the Equity Insulator Instalment, which will be available to investors ...

ASFA and FTSE launch super GST index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
An index measuring the performance of superannuation funds after capital gains tax has been released by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and London's FTSE Group. The index provides the first standardised measure for Australian super ...

Russell fast track after-tax investing

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
Russell Investments has flagged plans to release more products that will appeal to super funds focused on after-tax returns, not pre-tax performance. The Russell After-Tax Australian Shares Fund (for Superannuation Investors) applies both pre- and after-tax ...

Westpac to launch more structured products for SMSFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
Westpac has flagged plans to launch a number of structured investments over the next 12 months, starting this month with the release of self-funding instalments (SFIs) designed for SMSFs. SFIs are ASX-listed products that allow investors to buy shares ...

BNY Mellon's Ankura wins Russell Aus Eq mandate

NEWS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
BNY Mellon Asset Management's Ankura Capital has won an Australian equity mandate from Russell Investments. The mandate forms part of Russell's newly launched Australian Shares Enhanced Income Fund and follows Ankura's winning of a high yield mandate ...

Signposts to high yield

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
Russell Australia High Dividend Index's top ten holdings was dominated by financial stocks but property trusts are emerging as attractive high-yield stocks. The Russell Australia High Dividend Index (RAHDI) includes Australian blue-chip companies with ...