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Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... governance routes for improving investment efficiency such as using Smart Beta." After Macquarie Group, US firms Bridgewater Associates and CBRE Global Investors complete the top 3 investors in alternative assets. BlackRock is one of only two UK managers ...

Shelf space battle heats up in US platforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... at the same time trying to protect advisers, according to new research. Boston-based global analytics firm Cerulli Associates said while this is forcing asset managers to diversify the channels they source inflows from, particularly towards direct online ...

Company director charged with QLD property fraud

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Hill, of Hill Stephens & Associates Pty Ltd (HSA), allegedly dishonestly induced various investors to pay approximately $618,000 to acquire interests in a "house ...

Fund CEOs slam MySuper as 'death by a thousand cuts'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... fail to achieve its aims, while ensuring significant costs to super funds, according to a report conducted by Sussman Associates. Medium sized, generic funds were expected to get the worst deal out of the new standards, with niche funds and the mega ...

Asian LGBT advice firm headhunts Aussie planners

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... couples. The legislation has ramifications for the financial needs of the community. Joe Meade, principal at Sterling Associates, the recruitment firm tasked with finding planners for the new service, said Financial Partners is very keen to recruit from ...

Banks shift gears on technology spend

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... advisers, you actually need to have a strong and robust infrastructure." Financial adviser Meike Suggars from Suggars & Associates says that she started using a tablet on December 2011 and has since then doubled the efforts to reduce paper in the office ...

VC funds outperform, punch above their weight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... for investors able to select the right VC managers the returns have been attractive. Separate research by Cambridge Associates found that while one year returns for VC funds in 2012 lagged the share market returns, over three, five and 15 years the Cambridge ...

Planners must advise people, not portfolios

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... advisers based on their attitude and their soft skills and 95% of its clients come by referrals. Mark Rando from Rando and Associates also participated in the research and said that communicating honestly and successfully with the client have a direct ...

Morningstar hands Needham global CIO role

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
Morningstar Investment Management has promoted Ibbotson Associates Australia chief investment officer and managing director Daniel Needham to global chief investment officer of the group. Chris Galloway will take over as managing director of Ibbotson ...

Vale William Mahoney

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
William Mahoney, who helped build Connecticut- based Bridgewater Associates into one of the world's most successful hedge funds, passed away on Tuesday, April 30 at the age of 55. Charles Ruffel, former equity partner and early fundraiser for Bridgewater ...