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OptiMix adds emerging markets to diversified portfolio

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
OptiMix will include global emerging markets as an asset class in three of its diversified funds, citing diversification benefits and potentially higher returns as primary reasons for the shift in strategic asset allocation. The multi-manager will now ...

It's time to work together: MDRT

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
At nearly 80 years of age, the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) is still leading the charge for international best practice in financial advice and, excited by what it sees in Australia, it is urging advisers and associations to work together to continue ...

Macq talks up its quiet achiever in geared property

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
Macquarie is trumpeting the virtues of one of its lesser known but high performing geared property funds this week, citing outperformance of 7.1 per cent and a focus on high levels of income as reasons to take a second look at the fund after three years ...

Get smart, get real: Russell

Russell Investment Group has urged investors to be more realistic about how much money they can expect to make from their investments as they enter what Russell predicts will be a "lower returns" market environment. Russell's US based portfolio strategist ...

FinLit Foundation goes back to school

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
The Financial Literacy Foundation's plan to introduce useful curriculum into schools is about to take its next step with a series of grassroots consultations with teachers around Australia. According to its just released Educators and Trainers August ...

Tandem welcomes Insight aboard

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
Insight Financial Services has left the Financial Wisdom stable to join Tandem Financial Advice, citing a desire to pursue acquisitions and growth. Director and principal of Insight, Thomas Ilinkovski, said he was looking to build his practice on the ...

Hyperion chairman abdicates

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
The chairman of boutique value manager Hyperion Asset Management, Charles Kiefel, has resigned from his role after three years in the position citing future potential conflicts of interest risks. Kiefel said there could be future conflicts between Hyperion's ...

Citigroup revamps hedge fund platform

Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking has developed a new end-to-end hedge fund platform that it said will allow hedge fund managers to do multi-strategy, multi-asset class and multi-currency investing under one roof. The new front-to-back platform ...

CommInsure rolls out sweeping upgrades - free of charge

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
CommInsure yesterday set about breaking away from its peers with significant - and free - product upgrades, citing a commitment to further strategic change. Introducing the "Perfect Mix" round of upgrades to a room of financial advisers, Jeffrey Scott ...

Borrowers in trouble after rate hike

The country's peak building and construction group fears the Reserve Bank's move to lift interest rates by 0.25 per cent represents a financial blow that many home owners can ill afford. Wilhelm Harnisch, chief executive of Master Builders Australia ...