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Lonsec shuts door on rating 'shopping' with new rankings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) guidelines aimed at preventing conflicts of interest, require research houses to provide greater disclosure around adverse research. As result of a comprehensive review of its processes in light ...

Hunter Hall founder targets instos and SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... skill set to that provided by many smaller fund managers that are formed through break-away teams from large investment houses," managing director and chief investment officer Parker said. Altair has launched with two flagship products, Altair Advantage ...

ASX in $553m share issue

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... entitlement offer, it will have no external debt facilities and the total equity capital contributed by ASX to its clearing houses will reach $700 million. "ASX is committed to providing Australia's financial markets with a robust risk management infrastructure," ...

US hedge funds abandon Europe on new regulations

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... managers to market their products directly to investors. The directive has a more immediate impact on US rather than European houses, as European hedge funds will be able to apply for a "passport" that allows them to market their products to European ...

Local funds ignore US $10.6tr pension market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... sector - more even than mining -- the industry accounts for just 0.5% of total exports. Himbury explained that for many fund houses searching for opportunities overseas is likely to be preferable to going toe-to-toe in an increasingly crowded domestic ...

Coalition will delay SG rise, abolish LICS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... rescinded. This obviously assumes an expected Coalition victory in September delivers the parliamentary numbers in both houses sufficient to achieve this policy objective. Demonstrating his commitment to this measure, Abbott said, "this will be the first ...

Certitude to distribute Columbia Credit fund in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... prominent family office, will become the first product Certitude brings to the market. It will be made available to research houses, platforms, dealer groups, financial advisers, family offices and multi-managers. "We continue to see an increase in interest ...

APRA warns licensees warning about 3 day rollovers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... member tax file numbers (TFNs). The requirements are part of the SuperStream reforms that have already passed through both houses of Parliament. The most strategically significant is the new rollover requirement that comes into force on 1 July 2013. ...

Equipsuper appoints former Goldman Sachs CIO

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... director Andrew Cooke as an independent member of its investment committee. Cooke has held senior roles with investment houses such as Citigroup, Salomon Smith Barney and JP Morgan. Equipsuper chair Andrew Fairley said that Cooke will bring a deep investment ...

Islamic finance forum to discuss Shariah growth opps

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... Emirates' governments continue to issue investment grade Shariah bonds. To benefit from the growing theme, local investment houses and financial planning firms are designing products and developing ways of attracting clients who prefer to invest in Shariah ...