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Treasury looks at further FoFA amendments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
Treasury is considering confidential proposals to reverse rules that ban conflicted remuneration arrangements for corporate super specialist advisers, according to Douglas Latto, president of the Corporate Super Specialist Alliance (CSSA). Traditionally ...

ATO doing a good job on SMSFs: Cooper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is rising to the challenge of efficiently regulating the self-managed superannuation sector, according to Challenger's chairman of retirement income Jeremy Cooper. Cooper said that, contrary to perceptions that it ...

Acorn appoints former Citi portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Acorn Capital has appointed Ben Dalling as a sector portfolio manager/analyst to the Australian microcaps team. Dalling, who will be responsible for the financials, REITs and industrials - capital goods sectors, joins the company from Citi where he ...

Magellan Global returned 48.7% in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
Australian international equities manager Magellan Financial Group's flagship Global fund returned 48.7% in the 12 months to 31 December, the group's half-yearly investor report released today shows. The figure contributes to equally impressive after-fee ...

PIMCO chief El-Erian steps down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
PIMCO's global chief executive and co-chief investment officer Mohamed El-Erian will step down from both posts in mid-March, after 15 years with the company. He will remain on the International Executive Committee of the group's Munich-based parent ...

US tapering to harm key EM countries

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
The US Federal Reserve tapering of economic stimulus is likely to harm emerging market countries with vulnerable currencies. Despite a slight recovery of emerging markets in the last three months, the asset class is likely to suffer once the US tapering ...

Magellan High Conviction fund 'Recommended' by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
The Magellan High Conviction Fund has received a 'Recommended' rating from Zenith. Managed by Hamish Douglass, the fund provides investors with a highly concentrated exposure to the international equity market. It was launched in July 2013. The fund ...

Philanthropic trust awards $2m biomedical research grants

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
The Ramaciotti Foundations, a philanthropic trust managed by Perpetual, last night announced the recipients of the annual Ramaciotti Awards for biomedical research. The main award of $1 million went to the Centenary Institute's Cytometry research program ...

Strong US recovery to send bond yields through the roof

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
A faster and stronger-than-expected recovery in the US could send 10-year Treasury yields soaring to 10%, according to Magellan Financial Group chief executive officer and portfolio manager Hamish Douglass. In a presentation to advisers and other clients ...

Fidelity joins Calastone's automated funds transaction network

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... reduced risks and the increased levels of accuracy and timeliness it brings," Fidelity head of operations and client services Doug Bryden said. "Our adviser clients value accuracy and speedier turnarounds of transactions which Calastone enables by reducing ...