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Daily unit pricing not the answer: Henaghan

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
Pricing assets daily is counter intuitive to a super fund's aim of generating long term returns, according to Sean Henaghan from AMP Capital Investors. Henaghan, an investment director at the global investment firm, told an Investment Management Consultants ...

VFMC unveils 2009 strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... fund's opportunistic trades. VFMC shorted the Australian dollar following an internal analysis that showed that at its peak the AUD was trading at up to four standard deviations away from "fair value". "When the AUD was up in the 90s [cents], we made ...

Que sera, sera

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
Roll out the printing presses. Cutting the Federal funds target rate below 1 per cent is certainly feasible. This was the statement delivered by US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in his speech before the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce in ...

Quant and quals brave the bear

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
Quantitative versus qualitative managers - who's been battered worse amid the global financial crisis? According to two industry experts, both have had their share of joy and pain surviving the second half of 2008. Rohan Walsh, partner and fund manager ...

Masu settles Westpoint case

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Masu Financial Management has settled a class action brought by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) for 85 investors sold Westpoint Group financial products. The Federal Court of Australia settled the two remaining complaints ...

ATO launches auditor software

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is giving self managed super fund (SMSF) auditors a helping hand with eSAT, a electronic superannuation compliance audit tool. The audit tool provides a reference feature, relevant case studies and a list of questions ...

Affordable advice: yes we can

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
Can financial planning firms roll out affordable advice at a delivery cost of just $300? According to Q Invest, yes they can. Q Invest, which has around $2 billion in funds under advice, said that it's more than possible for financial planning firms ...

SMSF industry needs official auditors: SPAA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
Growing scrutiny on the self managed super fund (SMSF) industry highlights the importance of an accredited SMSF auditors, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). Chris Pearce, shadow minister for financial services, superannuation ...

Storm ramps up HostPLUS media exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
The $7 billion industry fund HostPLUS has rounded up a good year of brand and media exposure via its sponsorship of rugby league team, Melbourne Storm. In the latest S-Comm report, produced by research company Repucom, the Melbourne Storm jersey is ...

PowerSuper launches warrant product

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
Self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees have more options to purchase property after PowerSuper launched its warrant loan product. The product uses funding from ING DIRECT and is structured to ensure the SMSF trustee has complete control of the investment. ...