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Global shares, cat bonds review after Japan quake

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... $166 million into Nephila in 2009. Ipac Asset Management invested an estimated $50 million into Palmetto Australian Unit Trust managed by Nephila Capital. Man Group owns 25 per cent of Bermuda-based Nephila Capital, and declined to comment yesterday. ...

AXA Aus preps for next phase of North

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
AXA Australia will soon release the next generation of its successful North platform, gaining support from merger partner AMP. A broad range of licensees currently uses the North platform, launched in 2007, with the platform's funds under management ...

AE large cap lagging index: Morningstar

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
Large-cap Australian share fund managers had a difficult 2010 with most failing to beat even very modest index returns, Morningstar announced in its latest sector wrap. The research house found the average large-cap Australian share fund manager underperformed ...

Trinity3 names SMA portfolio managers

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank gives financial advisers a taste of what to expect from the group's newly-established platform, Trinity3, after the bank unveiled the first set of investment managers it intends to use for its model portfolios. Today the bank ...

RewardSuper and Fin Synergy improve SMSF admin

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
RewardSuper has struck a deal with Financial Synergy to integrate the Acurity platform and RSDataWeb - improving the online administration for over 2.5 million super members with $50 billion in funds. The new partnership could see advisers save up to ...

Man introduces daily liquidity for flagship fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... a major priority for investors post GFC - the ability to redeem and access funds. The Man AHL Alpha (AUD) fund is a unit trust that invests in AHL, a managed futures program owned by Man and operated out of London, which has traded for over two decades ...

AQR wins $330m-plus insto mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... investor into global enhanced equity strategy, said Dunn. The AQR Global Enhanced Equity Fund is an Australian registered unit trust available for investment to institutions only. The fund seeks to beat the MSCI World ex Australian Index, while controlling ...

Ipac boosts insurance-related investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... investment into a newly-launched catastrophe insurance fund. Ipac has invested the funds into the Palmetto Australian Unit Trust, which is managed by Nephila Capital, one of the global leaders in the insurance-linked securities market. Nephila, which ...

More planners bypass managed funds: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... offer planners 'model portfolios', which are exactly the same portfolios they run except they're not managed within a unit trust structure. Planners pay them fees for their 'intellectual property' and, in return for lower fees, the fund manager does ...

Frozen fund investors get $36m settlement

COMMERCE COMMISSION RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... negotiations with both firms. The Diversified Yield fund was developed by ING NZ Administration in July 2003 as an Australian unit trust. The fund invested in mostly collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) and used derivatives to hedge currency risk. ...