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English FX specialist turns local

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... zero commission fees, and believes that will be a strong selling point among its clients. "A lot of these [smaller fund managers and investors] don't have experience in either doing foreign exchange or the international transfer markets. "So really our ...

New take on old fee debate

MICHAEL HOBBS, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... between planners and their clients could be achieved through performance-based fees - similar to those charged by fund managers - but not all planners are convinced. NAB Financial Planning's recent decision to charge fixed fee for advice only to new ...

Olympus and Contango explore India

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
Specialist fund managers Olympus Funds Management and Contango Capital Partners have joined forces to unlock the gates of India's investment market to Australian investors. Contango recently acquired a 64 per cent stake in Olympus, an Indian investment ...

Gray shifts to academia

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... University and University of Technology Sydney. Looking ahead, Gray hopes to spend time giving advice to several fund managers along with several local and international funds. Gray hasn't ruled out returning to a corporate role, but reiterates that ...

CFS engages Innovest for ESG research

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... material ESG risks across their investments. "[CFS GAM's] moves echo those that we have seen from leading European fund managers over the last couple of years," said Innovest managing director Asia Pacific, Bill Hartnett. The research company has provided ...

US titans fall, Australia will rise

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... Chase, the world's investment banking stalwarts have all shed blood from the US sub-prime scalping - but Australian fund managers are weathering the storm. Last week, Merrill Lynch reported a net loss of US$8.6 billion ($9.83 billion) for the full year ...

Rainmaker merges with MC Marketing Concepts

... the year with new joint initiatives with MC Marketing Concepts, which offers tailored programs for research heads, fund managers and planners, including the Advisers Big Day Out regional roadshow. "Financial planners need the best access to what the ...

Industry funds biggest losers from switching

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... Suncorp, Westpac, public sector and self-managed funds among others. Overall, the proportion of people switching fund managers in the September quarter of 2007 plummeted to a low of 2.9 per cent, while the proportion of products being switched reached ...

Standing in the eye of the storm

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... "Centro" name is now often synonymous with the words "problematic", "collapsed" and "embattled", but other property fund managers have begun to see silver linings following the Centro meltdown. Listed property funds manager, Aspen Group, recently reported ...

VFMC boosts inhouse investments by 25pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... investment officer, Leo de Bever, delivers on the strategy he outlined a year ago after the fund's allocation to external fund managers falls from 100 per cent before he joined to almost 75 per cent today. Canadian investors called it the country's loss ...