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Fund managers feast on billion-dollar debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Corporate debt issuance has surged this year giving fund managers billions of dollars worth of diversification in the fixed income market, leading experts have said. Bond fund giant Pacific Investment Management Co (PIMCO) estimates about US$18 billion ...

Funds to talk insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
Superannuation funds could help solve Australia's underinsurance problem if they communicated more with members, AIA Australia's chief executive told the 2011 Life Insurance Conference in Sydney this week. Damien Green, head of the Australian arm of ...

Good advisers can save clients from tax crackdown

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
Financial advisers can keep their clients safe from the tax avoidance schemes by refocusing them on their investment objectives, a financial planner said today. The Australian Tax Office has been cracking down on avoidance rorts, questioning more than ...

Russell loses NZ managing director

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
The managing director of Russell Investments' New Zealand operations has resigned. Mark Blair, who was based in Sydney, was responsible for strategic direction, products, services and business operations in New Zealand. He was also responsible for strategic ...

Media Super wants corporate marriage

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Industry fund Media Super is dressing up to be the belle of the merger ball and is looking to attract corporate funds, casting its eyes towards Fairfax. Ross Martin, chief executive of Media Super, today said that his fund had added new functional capabilities ...

Super future hangs on High Court decision

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Super funds will be keenly watching the outcome of a precedent making High Court case that has the potential to destroy a major plank of superannuation legislation, an industry body said today. Market research company Roy Morgan Research has challenged ...

Hands off collectables: SISFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
The Small Independent Superannuation Funds Association has asked the Government to leave the rules on collectables in self-managed super funds unchanged. The organisation has made a submission on the Government's draft legislation regarding collectables ...

UBS in talks with small-caps team

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
Management of UBS Global Asset Management's Small Companies Fund is in limbo after two members of its three-person team expressed their intention to leave. Ratings agency Standard & Poor's placed the Australian Small Companies Fund on hold due to the ...

Pooled funds lose cash

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
Money is flowing out of managed funds and into bank accounts and independently managed accounts (IMAs), industry watchers said yesterday. According to Rainmaker research, $86.4 billion dollars flowed into bank deposits in the December quarter last year ...

FirstChoice launches nine new options

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
Colonial First State has added nine new options to its FirstChoice platform giving clients access to emerging markets and global agriculture, property and shares. Alan Kenny, general manager product and investment services for Colonial First State said ...