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The lure of the boutique

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
The call of the boutique fund has proved irresistible for many investment professionals, but ratings can still be retained in the face of departures, according to a new study. In its third quarterly Musical Chairs report, S&P fund services found that ...

Platinum feels the force of term deposits

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
One of the country's most respected equity fund managers has lamented that its retail business is facing "intense" competition from bank term deposits. "While Platinum continues to attract positive retail net fund inflows the competition from bank term ...

MLC to launch platform

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
MLC and NAB Wealth will launch a new full service wrap platform in early 2011, following through plans to build its wealth management arm. The new platform, branded "MLC Wrap", will be a blend of the Navigator and MasterKey Custom platforms, incorporating ...

ETFs distort stock fundamentals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
Money pouring into global ETFs is changing the dynamic drivers behind global stock prices, pushing macro beta factors to fore rather than fundamentals, said hedge fund advisory firm Hennessee Group. "ETF's have grown in popularity, they are accounting ...

Ipac awards $1bn in fixed interest mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
AXA-owned ipac has awarded a combined $1 billion-plus in fixed interest mandates to Morgan Stanley, Old Mutual Asset Management and Kapstream Capital. Jeff Rogers, chief investment officer of ipac, said the firm handed out around $800 million to Morgan ...

BTFG drops van Eyk for S&P

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
BT Financial Group (BTFG) has replaced van Eyk with Standard & Poor's Fund Services (S&P) for product research to be used by Westpac Financial Planning and dealer group Magnitude Financial Planning. The investment research mandate builds on S&P's services ...

FSC appoints new chair

FSC ANNOUNCEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
Financial Services Council (FSC) appoints Macquarie Bank executive, Peter Maher, as chairman after the former chair retires. Maher, Macquarie bank's head of banking and financial services group, will take on the role of chairman at the FSC as part of ...

Goodman makes play for $1.2 billion ING REIT

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
Goodman Group, along with "three major pension and sovereign wealth funds", has made a move for the ING Industrial Fund, it was revealed this morning. In a statement to the ASX, ING said it had received a "highly conditional" proposal from the consortium ...

Takeover will not affect client funds: Perpetual

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts' bid for Perpetual only involves shares in Perpetual Limited - and does not give the private equity firm access to client funds, the chairman of the committee overseeing the takeover deal told investors. "I would like to stress ...

Australians willing to pay just $300 for advice

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
The average Australian believes financial advice should cost just $300 upfront - almost 10 times less what planners say is the break-even cost of providing full advice, and a figure planners are calling "completely unrealistic". New research from Investment ...