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Solaris struggles to find local gems

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... influence, the fund manager's flagship core strategy has posted a negative return at the end of the 2009/10, the first time in a decade. The fund lost just over 2 per cent for the last financial year after returning 4.5 per cent for the 2008/09 financial ...

BNY Mellon names asset management chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
BNY Mellon has hired former BlackRock fixed income chief investment officer, Curtis Arledge, as vice chair of the corporation and chief executive of its asset management division. Arledge was previously chief investment officer of BlackRock's fundamental ...

Fidelity's Bolton eyes small to mid-size China stocks

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... president of investments at Fidelity International said China remains one of the best investment opportunities of the next decade despite a move by the Chinese government to slow growth. "In a low growth environment the high relative growth being experienced ...

Coalition details stance on commissions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
Luke Hartsuyker, shadow minister for financial services and superannuation, said the Coalition won't dictate how a financial planning client has to pay for advice but said it would not support all types of commission payments. "I believe that trailing ...

Planners risk buying bad businesses

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... "Ongoing income is more important than the multiple you pay," he said. "When it comes to buying a client base, in the past decade, there has been no exception in terms of value. [Sustainable or less sustainable bases] both sell at the same price." Planners ...

US fin reforms win pension fund support

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... our 1.6 million members and all shareowners." The fund has been working for many of these protections for upwards of a decade, especially for independent boards, access to the proxy, and better executive compensation policies, he said. "This reform goes ...

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney names new chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has appointed Harry Parkinson as chief executive, replacing Matthew Comyn who leaves the role after just six months with the firm. Comyn was appointed chief executive of the firm's Australian wealth management business in ...

US pension plan deficits rise in June

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... Mercer's survey found the pension plan deficit had widened by $130 billion during June, the third largest increase in the past decade. Pension funding status of these companies has fallen to 73 per cent compared to 78 per cent at the end of May. Adrian ...

Temasek seeks Asian equities fundies

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... director of Temasek Holdings, said directionally the investment firm intends to increase Asian exposure steadily over the next decade. "But [we] will continue to maintain the full flexibility to shift our portfolio stance in response to major development ...

Central plank of Cooper Review is MySuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Following a year-long study on the efficiency of the superannuation system, the Cooper Review panel recommended the Government introduce a new default fund option for the masses to be called 'MySuper', a simple solution with dramatic consequences. The ...