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KBC blocks water fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... The KBC Global Water fund was launched to Australian retail and wholesale investors in November 2007. The open-ended unit trust previously required a $10,000 minimum investment and aimed to outperform the MCSI World on a rolling three-year basis. The ...

SMAs under ratings microscope: van Eyk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... that they are still in discussion and development stages but that they would look to rate SMAs the way they would rate unit trust managers - by primarily looking at the skillset of the underlying portfolio manager to meet performance targets. Angwin ...

PIS expands dealer group

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... expansion doesn't stop there, the group's Malaysian subsidiary Standard Financial Planner was granted to Corporate Unit Trust Agent licence in June. This financial planning practice previously opened a number of offices in Malaysia including Kuala Terengganu ...

Statewide confirms Bravura deal

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
The $2.1 billion Statewide super fund has entered a formal agreement with Bravura to implement its Sonata Pensions and Investment software. Statewide has commenced the implementation of the pensions and investments software, but the development and ...

Art Trust hit by investor sentiment

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... million to $20 million as investor sentiment continues to fall in bad markets. Launched in May, The Art Trust adopts a unit trust structure and initially sought to raise between $30 and $50 million from investors. However, David Baker, Australian Fine ...

Former Invesco duo harvest good returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
It has been over a year since Australian equities heavyweights Rohan Walsh and Luke Sinclair left Invesco for Karara Capital. The market timing may have been off but the pair still proved their mettle judging by their debut returns in their new home. ...

Pentafin beefs up IT team

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
Pentafin has appointed US expat Joe Vetto and ex-Challenger operations support manager Karen Chim to its IT team. Joe Vetto, the former co-founder and vice-president of product development for Seattle-based X6 Technologies which is now Minecode, has ...

FTI Aus unveils global equity fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... currently be offered for segregated accounts (called managed accounts in Australia), with the intention of adding a unit trust later in the year. "Australian clients are increasingly demanding value for money from their active managers" said Maria Wilton ...

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. ...

PIS gets Malaysian license

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... Malaysian subsidiary Standard Financial Planner (SFP) is set embark on an expansion spree after being granted a Corporate Unit Trust Agent (CUTA) licence. The Malaysia's Securities Commission granted SFP the licence recently, making it the first financial ...