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All not lost for LPTs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
Property is currently the most talked about issue among super funds. Although direct property is smashing its listed counterpart in performance, industry punters caution investors not to discount LPTs as the asset class is expected to bounce back following ...

FPWS unveils new SMA service

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... Prudential Markets. FPWS, along with OneVue Limited, have developed an integrated administration and reporting service for SMAs. Murphie said that this service will allow investors to access professional investment managers while still owning each individual ...

Deutsche smashes Euro ETF market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
Deutsche Bank's European based exchange traded funds (ETF) platform raised more than $25 billion of assets in 18 months, making it the third largest ETF provider in Europe by assets under management. The bank's platform, db x-trackers, now has a 14 ...

Financial Simplicity launches Open Edition

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
... which means it is very flexible. People who use it can create the type of MA products that they want, whether they be IMAs or SMAs. They can integrate it into any system that they have because of its open architecture, and they can configure and customise ...

Pentafin tags Thunderhead for SMAs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
Pentafin has secured the Thunderhead NOW platform to support its unit trust and managed accounts (MA) business. Pentafin partnered with Thunderhead following a global hunt for a solution provider to cater to the technology firm's MA and unit trust requirements. ...

SMAs champion tax time efficiency

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
... incentivise investors in the countdown towards the end of the financial year. Hoping to educate investors on the benefits of SMAs, DirectPortfolio is waiving brokerage on all funds invested in either Pentafin's ShareInvest or DirectPortfolio products ...

IMAP gains Aviva muscle

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... The Institute of Managed Accounts Providers (IMAP) is aiming to spread the platform reach of separately managed accounts (SMAs) with the appointment of Aviva manager of investment products, Peter Rowley, as an IMAP director. Rowley currently heads up ...

Investment Trends names top SMAs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... balances, MLC provided top value and competitive fees. However, not everything is rosy on the SMA front. The report found that SMAs are becoming cheaper, although at an industry level SMA pricing remained complex and unwieldy - making it very difficult ...

Managed accounts hold trumpcard

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
... investors retaining beneficial ownership of their shares has become a key selling point for separately managed accounts (SMAs), industry punters say. Arthur Naoumidis, managing director at SMA technology provider Praemium, has said the firm has seen ...

Inflation smashes through 4 pct barrier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
Inflation has smashed through the 4 per cent barrier to reach 4.2 per cent for the year to March, killing any hopes that interest rates may be about to head south. Highlighting the flashpoint, the ABS has reported that the March quarter rise at 1.3 ...