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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
... pricing remained complex and unwieldy - making it very difficult for advisers to compare between SMAs or traditional unit trust investments. Adam Dawes, director of the Institute of Managed Account Providers (IMAP) and head of portfolio and financial ...

AAI launches the Art Trust

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
Fine art is the next alternative investment to hit the market after an art specialist launched a new unit trust designed for institutional investors. Registered as a managed investment scheme, The Art Trust, adopts a unit trust structure and aims to ...

Franklin Templeton launches EM fund

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
Franklin Templeton Investments has launched an emerging markets fund - a unit trust available to Australian investors in local currency that invests in global emerging markets. The fund is denominated in Australian dollars and its objective is to seek ...

Pentafin and DP step up MA technology

Financial systems group Pentafin and separately managed account (SMA) specialist Direct Portfolio are joining forces to provide investment providers a more tax-effective and transparent way to administer shares and other managed investments. While the ...

Striking a balance on SMSF direct property

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... However if you don't want to sell the property you could sell shares and cash to meet pension payment, or you could use a unit trust structure," she said. According to Anderson, more SMSF trustees are looking to invest in direct property because it is ...

Aurora Buy-Write wins fans

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
Hedging share portfolios with put options attracted little attention when the markets were roaring but 'Black January' changed all that, claims Aurora Funds Management. "We are getting a lot of interest now since our trusts were hedged with put option ...

Water fund washes onto BT wraps

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... Wraps, which consist of over 7000 users. The fund, which was launched in November last year, is a medium term open-ended unit trust that invests in 62 international stocks related to water and has a $10,000 minimum investment threshold. Padley believes ...

Singapore mega-fund IC tender due

The Singapore Central Provident fund's board is calling for investment consultancy firms to tender for the service of providing consultancy under the CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS). The mega-fund, which has more than $100 billion in member account balance ...

Syncsoft reboots with Microsoft

IT developer Syncsoft plans to outgun its rivals by creating a software platform for super funds and unit trusts based on Microsoft technology not even available to the market just yet. Syncsoft claims it is set to revolutionise the superannuation and ...