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A new frontier in asset consulting

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2006
Asset consulting has changed so much so that through the sheer volume of new managers it has become a process of elimination and negative screens, according to key industry delegates. Speaking at yesterday's Rainmaker Marketing Symposium, Fiona Trafford ...

Platforms: here today, gone tomorrow

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2006
New asset consulting frontier Kate Hage 315 Asset consulting has changed so much so that through the sheer volume of new managers, it has become a process of elimination and negative screens, according to key industry delegates. Speaking at yesterday's ...

Consulting market tipped for further consolidation

According to industry sources, Intech Asset Consulting (Intech) is up for sale and an information memorandum is currently being circulated around the market in the hope of picking up a prospective buyer. Sources close to the deal say Intech is initially ...

Rivals join hands for AustralianSuper

... two brides? The soon-to-merge STA/ARF mega fund AustralianSuper will retain both JANA and Frontier to provide asset consulting for the fund's combined $20 billion portfolio. Under the arrangement that will come into effect in July, Frontier Investment ...

FuturePlus eyes international property

... financial planning business and works closely with Russell Investment Group on their investment strategy and asset consulting activities. Michelle Baltazar

Van Eyk appoints asset consultant

Research services provider van Eyk has appointed a former UK product specialist to join the group's asset consulting team. Marisa Hoffenberg's role will focus on key account management and providing technical research and advice. She will be involved ...

Independence pays for Frontier

Frontier Consulting will hire at least five more staff this year after winning the largest superannuation asset consulting contract in the country, with $28 billion State Super, thanks to its 'independent advice' business model. Frontier's managing ...

Jana offers long-short trusts to retail space

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
... will be offered to consumers through MLC's MasterKey Custom platform by the end of May. Jana's managing director asset consulting, Ken Marshman, said the step into the retail space now makes sense for the "researchers", who together with MLC, are owned ...

Super funds keep tills ringing at Harris Alternatives

... individual hedge fund managers." But the perception has since changed thanks partly to the pro-FOHF stance of most asset consulting firms and superannuation trustees starting to understand how alternative investments fit into their portfolio. For example ...

Alternatives go mainstream

... per cent of those investing 10 per cent or more, up from 35 per cent in 2004. But Jana's managing director of asset consulting, Ken Marshman, argued that hedge funds are still not gaining traction with local trustees. "There hasn't been a strong push ...