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Print Super terminates mandates

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
Industry fund Print Super has dropped managers Maple-Brown Abbott, Portfolio Partners and Credit Suisse and handed the $340 million in mandates to Tyndall, MIR, ABN AMRO and Generation. Print Super cut Maple-Brown Abbott's $180 million equities mandate ...

Govt proposes shorter PDS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
The Federal Government has released draft regulations from the Corporations and Financial Services Regulation Review showcasing a simplified corporate and financial services regulatory system, potentially resulting in abbreviated product disclosure ...

Clearview cracks $1.65b mark

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
Clearview's focus on the affluent 55-plus demographic has seen its platform's funds break through $1.65 billion barrier, representing growth of almost $1 billion over the past two years. "We have generated a lot of sales and increased our profile through ...

MIR scores $100m from Catholic Super and Retirement

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
MIR has secured a $100 million mandate from the Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (CSRF) to be invested in the MIR Australian Equities Fund. Existing CSRF Australian equities mandates with Perpetual and Maple-Brown Abbott will be realigned ...

Contrarian managers make a comeback

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
Active managers are falling behind their contrarian counterparts after Australian share managers turned in their worst quarterly performance since 1990, according to Intech Investment Consulting. Intech senior investment analyst, Fraser Murray, said ...

Land of the giants: World's top 500 fund managers

There's been a major reshuffle in the annual list of the world's 500 largest fund managers after the spate of mergers and demergers that rocked the industry last year. According to the annual Pensions & Investments/Watson Wyatt World 500 Ranking Survey ...

Depreciation changes boost property investment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
One of the hidden surprises in the recent Federal Budget was changes to property investment depreciation rules. According to Property Investment latest market update, "The proposal was to increase the Diminishing Value rate for depreciation on items ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
... gains to open the week. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was 30 points firmer at 5075. On the day ABB Grain releases first half results while PowerTel fronts shareholders. NEW YORK - US stocks rose, ending the week higher after ...

After tax is where returns are at: Navigator

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
Investors need to compare after tax returns when looking at managed Australian equities funds according to Navigator, with recent research showing returns vary widely. Navigator said the research was aimed at encouraging investors to look at a broader ...

Maple-Brown Abbott launches new Asian investment

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2006
Maple-Brown Abbott has announced it will expand its horizons towards more offshore investment, with a 20 per cent allocation to Asia ex-Japan built into its new fund. Maple-Brown Abbott managing director, John Kightley, said the Australia Plus Asia ...