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MTAA awards triple equities mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
MTAA Super has restructured its Australian equities portfolio, awarding close to $800 million of new mandates to three separate fund managers. Ankura Capital has secured a $440 million mandate, while Bennelong Funds Management and Colonial First State ...

Planners eye SMSF property

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
Industry associations are supportive of the trend for real estate firms and financial planners teaming up to target self managed super funds but are wary of the pitfalls. Self managed super fund trustees are increasingly adding property investments ...

Avoca patient on industrials evolution

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
Despite harbouring long-term concerns for the Australian economy, the newly established Avoca Investment Management sees plenty of opportunities in undervalued sectors. John Campbell and Jeremy Bendeich, co-portfolio managers of the Bennelong Avoca ...

Russell appoints index director

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
Russell Investments has appointed Matt Wacher as regional director, indexes, Australia and New Zealand, to meet rising clients demand for index linked products, such as ETFs. Wacher, a former head of institutional sales and product for CMC Markets ...

Merged planning group to meet new client needs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
Three AMP accredited financial planning firms have combined to form a national business, Eluvia, providing a more complex suite of advice to SME and individual clients. When Sydney based President Financial Services came on the market in 2010, KRA Financial ...

Grant Samuel bags $800 million mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
Epoch Investment Partners, a global strategic partner of Grant Samuel Funds Management (GSFM), has received an $800 million mandate from AMP Capital for its Global Equity Shareholder Yield strategy. AMP Capital is investing in the fund, popular for ...

AXA real estate bullish on Japanese debt

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
AXA Real Estate has illustrated its faith in the Japanese economy with the launch of a specialised debt investment vehicle, raising an initial Yen15 billion ($175 million). The primary investment into the vehicle has come from a Japan-based AXA Group ...

TWUSUPER upgrades member insurance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
Transport and logistics industry fund TWUSUPER has strengthened its insurance package for members, offering increased death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover. As of May 28, the $2.4 billion fund will implement a raft of changes having ...

Back office firm eyes super growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Back office administration firm MainstreamBPO has re-branded its Group Benefits business to SuperBPO as it continues to target new super fund clients. SuperBPO provides member administration, unit pricing and accounting to industry, corporate and retail ...

Planners hungry for geared investments - Westpac

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Financial advisers are stepping up their interest in gearing linked products, according to Westpac, which recently completed an investor road show across Australia. The roadshow attracted over 700 advisers, as well as some of their clients, with high ...