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Fund giant T. Rowe Price stamps brand in Australian equities

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
Global investment firm T. Rowe Price has launched its Australian equities fund this week, hoping its long-term track record running global equities will appeal to super funds that want a domestic equities portfolio backed by a global outfit. It's early ...

IMCA: Asset allocation future uncertain

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
Discussion around whether traditional strategic asset allocation approaches are still appropriate or whether the industry needs to reframe the way it manages retirement money, dominated an IMCA roundtable yesterday. "There is now more than ever a general ...

Investors focus on Russian consumer stocks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
Russian consumer stocks are a favoured investment choice in Eastern Europe, as wealth in the region rises and the average debt burden remains low. Michael Hanson-Lawson, chief executive officer of regional investment house East Capital said that although ...

Research: Australian private banks fall behind

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
Australian private banks have fallen behind the UK in satisfaction levels, according to research from CoreData. A quarterly survey of 1,722 Australians with more than $1 million excluding residence and superannuation found that only 33.1% currently ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
Australian stocks have opened lower, with local market players taking their cues from a poor night on Wall Street as the political gridlock in Greece dominated trading. At 1028 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 38 points, or 0.88 ...

Brogden calls for government agreement on FATCA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
FSC chief John Brogden has called on the Gillard government to provide strong support for the wealth sector ahead of addressing an IRS hearing in Washington DC on the contentious FATCA regime. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) regime aims ...

Aussie fund wins $1.1bn PNG super mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
Ascalon aligned PacWealth Capital has been awarded a $1.1bn mandate to manage assets for the Papua New Guinea National Superannuation Fund. The National Superannuation Fund (NASFUND) was the first approved superannuation fund to be licensed by the central ...

Private debt gets 'time in the sun'

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
Private debt secured by commercial property is having its 'time in the sun' due to a supply/demand imbalance leading to wider margin spreads, according to one investment manager. Financing of commercial property has seen spreads widen from around 60 ...

Fidelity: Asia focusing on intra-region trade

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
Despite growing fears about a decline in manufacturing, Asia is underpinned by resilient domestic demand and strong growth in intra-region trade, according to Fidelity. Asian economies are less dependent on OECD countries than in the past, said David ...

Fidante expands Asian footprint with MIR

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
Fidante Partners has grown its Asian equities asset base by more than $1 billion after buying MIR Investment Management in a milestone deal announced this week. Rob Woods, chief executive in funds management at Challenger, the ASX-listed owner of Fidante ...