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New Count chief talks products

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... have the greatest access to this market are accountants. It is a market that is growing faster then the industry or retail market but it has been tricky to figure out how to provide for this group," said Lane. "SMSF trustees are a very disparate group ...

Carbon-tilted indices planned for Aust

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... market as an ideal way to provide information about long term company prospects. "In terms of size definitely, the retail market is more variable as. "There is more differentiation in the institutional market with a variety of different approaches by ...

Instreet launches risk service for advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... Currently being trialled with independent advisers, Instreet said the service will be launched early 2012 to the retail market. The service was developed in conjunction with global firm, Risk101, who specialises in valuation and risk management systems ...

AMP lands first $30m mandate in new fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... which Naeimi said will hopefully lead to more mandates from the institutional market over the coming months. The retail market may be the next target, according to Naeimi. "Depending on the traction this fund gets, we will hopefully be launching a retail ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... Rebel Group for $610 million from private equity firm Archer Capital as the company seeks to expand in the leisure retail market. Super Retail Group shares were in a trading halt at noon. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,677.98 per fine ounce ...

Mercer appoints new senior portfolio manager

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... investment funds, last month announced plans to launch itself into the Australian financial advice industry. With the retail market firmly in its sights, Mercer said it would roll out new tools for advisers, including advice plan success tests, the creation ...

Islamic fund opens doors to Australian investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... Crescent Australian Equity fund begins life today with $5.5 million of seed capital from Aon Hewitt and will target the retail market and SMSFs in particular. While acknowledging that Australians have had access to the global Islamic market for over ...

AQR earns $150m of mandates for hedge fund strategy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... operation. The Australian fund now has around $200 million under management and the focus is shifting towards the retail market to supplement institutional flows and the strategy is now available through various platforms. AQR is a Connecticut-based ...

Omega bond launch timed for asset allocation shift

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... tomorrow, positioning itself to benefit from an expected shift from equities to fixed interest in the institutional and retail market. The fund is being seeded with $200 million and will offer investors a low risk portfolio of investment grade fixed ...

Mercer plans for post FOFA advice dominance

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... Australian financial advice industry, with plans to become a dominant player within the next decade. In its target of the retail market, Mercer will introduce new tools for advisers, including a test of whether an advice plan will fail, the creation ...