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Hedge fund fees under pressure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... funds-of-hedge funds, which have an extra layer of fees, have gone from representing around half the hedge fund market to around a third. "There's an awful lot of pressure on fees at the moment and chief investment officers at superannuation funds are ...

Standard Life Inv advises caution on Japan

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... government if returns are to be sustained. Seen as something of a damp squib within the investment community, the world's third largest economy has promised much but delivered only disappointing returns over the last 20 years. Deflation, high debt-to-GDP ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... Ireland could become the first eurozone nation to emerge from its bailout program. A decline of US jobless claims for a third straight week also boosted sentiment. But eyes remained on a two-day European Union summit under way in Brussels that is set ...

The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... now? It is the only PIGS that have produced positive economic growth. Irish real GDP expanded by 0.8% in the year to the third quarter of 2012 (latest available I could find) and 'The Economist' predicts growth of 0.5% in 2013 and 1.4% next year. Compare ...

Adviser-client communication directly linked to profits: survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... technologies allow any adviser to establish a communication plan without incurring big costs." Clients ranked "communication" the third lowest rated feature in the survey... The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), which presented the survey together ...

UK multi-asset favourite pushes for super fund mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... the fund is typically at least half as volatile as more traditional equity strategies with this level falling to about a third at times of market stress. The investment manager has been gradually building a footprint in Australia over the last two years ...

CFS FirstWrap regains platform top spot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... their service offerings. In its analysis of wraps which support planners advising on a range of investments, netwealth came third with Asgard eWrap and Macquarie Wrap completing the top five. FirstWrap introduced a number of improvements to its offering ...

Advisers open to double allocation to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... Samsung and Apple in a state of flux about which manufacturer will produce the dominant handset, Lodha has opted to own third party companies which produce the glass and other internal components for smart phones. "You don't need to know which company ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... investors." A fall in jobless claims in the US last week sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average to an all-time high for the third straight session overnight. The Dow added 33.25 points, or 0.23 per cent, to 14,329.49. Economic data from China is likely ...

CORRECTION: Unfair 2-and-20 fees cast shadow over future of VCs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... [superfunds] have 12 per cent gross return because two-thirds of their funds gave them 15 to 20 per cent return, but the other third gave them nothing," he said. "Super funds paid performance fees for the two thirds that did really well but they didn't ...