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AXA wins Morningstar's Fund Manager of the Year

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007
AXA/AllianceBernstein has taken out Morningstar's 2006 Fund Manager of the Year, holding off the other two finalists AMP Capital Investors and Barclays Global Investors to take home the top honours. "On the growth side, the Alliance domestic equities ...

Principal kicks off global listed property fund

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007
Principal Global Investors has launched the Principal Global Property Securities Fund giving investors access to a range of global listed real estate opportunities. The fund will invest in a global portfolio of listed securities that are embedded in ...

Fidelity Aussie Fund Manager of the Year

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
Morningstar has named Fidelity International its Austrailan equities Fund Manager of the Year 2006. Morningstar said the winners were determined after taking into account risk adjusted medium to long-term track record, performance over 2006 calendar ...

FPA member fined and expelled

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has expelled a member in the continuing fallout from the Westpoint disaster. Western Australian planner Annemieke de Boer of Centro Financial Synergy was charged with 35 breaches of the FPA's Code of Ethics and ...

Managed funds count carbon emission costs

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
While many investors and companies await the results of the Federal Government's task group set up to investigate the potential effects of introducing a carbon trading scheme, some investment managers are taking the initiative and developing models ...

Future Fund appoints in anticipation of kick-off

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
The Future Fund has appointed of a new head of operations and a new head of finance in anticipation of its looming inaugural task of investing $40 billion into the market. Gordon McKellar joins the team as head of operations, making the move from the ...

Abacus beds down hotel fund

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
Abacus Property Group has launched a retail fund giving investors exposure to hotels and resorts in Australia and New Zealand. The fund will provide a regular income stream from the hotel operation profits as well as potential future capital growth. ...

Vision Super goes public

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
Vision Super has been granted a public offer licence and will soon be launching its new public offer Vision Superannuation Fund (VSF). The new fund will be based on the current fund but will include new products and features, enabling the employer-sponsored ...

Passive hedge fund investing in vogue

... really only picked up in the last couple of years. The bulk of our funds now [US$5 billion] were from 2004 to 2006," said Oliver Schupp, the US based managing director of alternative investments for Credit Suisse Securities. Schupp said the fund, which ...

Industry reports more soaring profits

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
The wealth management industry continues to scale new heights with more strong reporting results for some of the big brands for the half year to 31 December 2006. This is due largely to an increase in superannuation inflows and solid returns in the ...