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Tyndall Aus Bond fund added to North platform

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
The Tyndall Australian Bond fund has been added to AMP's North platform. It is a diversified fixed interest fund designed to provide a stable income with the potential for capital growth. Despite falling Australian interest rates, Tyndall AM head of ...

Millinium wins top Morningstar ratings

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
Brisbane-based fund manager Millinium Capital Managers has been awarded two 5-Star Ratings from Morningstar in its first year of ratings eligibility. Millinium's Multi-Strategy Income Option and Dividend Income Mandate received the top award from the ...

ACCC to review Perpetual's Trust Company takeover

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will review Perpetual's proposed takeover of The Trust Company. The consumer watchdog says it wants to assess whether the merger will substantially lessen competition in market. Earlier this ...

LGBT wealth management market worth $3trn

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community represents a multi-trillion dollar opportunity for wealth managers and advisers, according to estimates from advisers specialising in the area. The campaign to legalise gay marriage in Australia ...

PIMCO chief John Wilson hangs up his boots

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
PIMCO Australia chief executive John Wilson has left the company after 17 years to pursue personal interests. Wilson told Financial Standard that he has thoroughly enjoyed his time at PIMCO but was now ready to indulge some of his personal passions ...

The Trust Company rules out EQT takeover

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
The Trust Company looks set to become part of Perpetual after its board unanimously agreed the asset manager's offer was "superior" to a counter bid from Equity Trustees (EQT). In an announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), The Trust ...

Local funds ignore US $10.6tr pension market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
Homegrown fund managers should cast their net to the wider $10.6 trillion pension market in the US, just one of the global opportunities they can use the broaden their client base. Brett Himbury, head of $40 billion Industry Funds Management (IFM) ...

Energy Super awards mandates to four managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
Industry fund Energy Super has awarded $700 million worth of international equities mandates to four fund managers. Harding Loevner, Longview Partners, Sands Capital Management and Schroders have each won an unspecified share of the new allocation. ...

SPAA, Deloitte join calls for SG deferral rethink

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) and consulting firm Deloitte have joined calls from other industry bodies to criticise the Coalition's plan to defer the increase to the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) by two years. The debate centres ...

Peak6 $1bn capital raise boosted by Aussie instos

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
US hedge fund manager Peak6 has soft-closed its new Achievement fund after attracting significant inflows from Australian investors. The fund, which launched in September 2012, has already reached the $1 billion in funds under management (FUM) milestone ...