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UBS launches MySuper designed funds

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
UBS Global Asset Management has this week launched two new wholesale products designed with a view to the upcoming MySuper legislative changes and in response to client demand. The UBS Tactical Beta Fund - Conservative and the UBS Tactical Beta Fund ...

Govt bonds reach $237bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
Australian commonwealth government bonds on issue have reached $237 billion, ranking approximately 100 from the world's 230 economies. Treasury bonds make up 87% of this total, indexed and non-indexed treasury notes 6% each with 1% in other securities ...

Challenger to launch new fixed income fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
Investment management firm Challenger is within weeks of launching a new fixed income fund for advisers. In an exclusive with Financial Standard, Rommel Hacopian, general manager, platforms and national key accounts said the new fund will be available ...

AREIT-ASX correlation doubles post GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Listed property returns have doubled their correlation with share market returns post GFC, reinforcing concerns AREITs continue to be wedged between the stock market and the strongly performing unlisted property sector, reveals new research from Rainmaker. ...

Big four banks downgraded

ELISE BURGESS, CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
Australia's big four banks have been downgraded by ratings agency Standard & Poor's. The decision to lower Westpac, Commonwealth, ANZ and NAB issuer credit ratings from AA to AA- is part of the agency's recent shakeup of ratings criteria, which was ...

The good, the bad and the whatever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
Wake up people, there's no time to let Monday-itis get the better of us - especially not this Monday. Not when there's news a -plenty to digest. There's good news to stir the animal spirits among the bulls... bad news to keep the bears on the pounce... ...

Asgard eyes industry business with pay as you go platform

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... portfolio. "We expect the adviser will really facilitate that process of deciding which clients will need which modules or add-ons." "It will suit advised clients that might have balances in industry funds at the moment but haven't been able to consolidate ...

netwealth aims to plug gaps in planner needs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
Independent platform provider netwealth has launched a new online service for advisers providing more efficient back office capabilities to help cater for the requirements of the Future of Financial Advice reforms. netwealth said that the 'next generation' ...

Retail funds narrow satisfaction gap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
The satisfaction gap between retail and industry super funds is narrowing, despite the widening investment performance gap, reveals the latest research from Roy Morgan. The satisfaction is now just 3 percentage points, compared to it peaking at 8 percentage ...

Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
A record breaking 16.5 per cent swing last weekend against the NSW Labor Party has the potential to derail many of the Gillard federal government's reforms, pushing a nervous federal government to pull more of its punches on major changes to the financial ...