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OneAnswer FUM fall 20 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
ING Australia's flagship OneAnswer platform funds under management (FUM) fell by 20 per cent or around $3.7 billion to $14.2 billion over a six month period to March, according to ANZ's half year profit report. ING Australia posted a $47 million half-year ...

Mercer adds boutique, adds staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
Mercer is building five research boutiques within the firm's investment consulting business and adding more staff to compete with specialist single asset class research firms. Mercer's boutique divisions cover fixed income, equities, bonds, real estate ...

Bond funds top UK platform flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
Half the transactions through one of the largest platforms in the UK, Cofunds, flowed into corporate bond funds during this year's first quarter, according to the firm's latest report. According to the latest platform flows report from Cofunds, more ...

Select exits third party distribution

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... chairman following his tenure as managing director. Robert Graham-Smith has been promoted to head of portfolio management and Michael Winchester to head of research.

Smaller funds lack risk reserves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
A Mercer survey has revealed smaller super funds are less likely to have appropriate levels of operational risk reserves than larger funds, a survey found. An operational risk reserve is created by the super fund to provide immediate access to funds ...

Govt drafts new credit regime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
The government has released a draft bill to develop a national credit licensing regime. The bill will create the Australian Credit License (ACL) which will come into effect from the beginning of next year. ACL holders must meet a set of minimum standards ...

Too much ado about pig flu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... their commentaries with the worst-case possible scenarios. 'Read me, mine's more scary!' 'And don't forget to put on your 'Michael Jackson masks.' News.com revived old archives citing a 2006 paper title, 'Global Macroeconomic Consequences of Pandemic ...

AXA Rosenberg launches EM strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
AXA Rosenberg Investment Management Asia Pacific has released the Global Emerging Markets Equity Trust. Sydney based, Kathryn McDonald, head of investments Australia/New Zealand at AXA Rosenberg, said the firm's research found a strong relationship ...

ITC targets Gen Y with trees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
Forestry group, ITC, is providing financial planners with access to a managed investment scheme to attract more Generation Y clients. The firm's strategy aims to pay-off Higher Education Scheme (HECS) debt fast, a key financial concern for graduating ...

FPA endorses iShares CPD program

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has accredited the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program on exchange traded funds (ETF) set up by iShares Australia. The CPD program, which can be accessed using the iShares website, provides two ...