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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 ...

BGL extends contract note service to managed funds

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013

... first time the service has been available for managed funds and BGL hopes to extend the service for 31 other large fund houses in the near future. "The addition of managed funds to the BGL Contract Note Service will make it much easier for our clients ...

I was there!

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013

... jumped last year by the most in 65 years," because they now have positive equity. "The amount by which the value of the houses exceeds their underlying mortgages rose to $8.2 trillion last year, a gain of 25 percent, according to Federal Reserve data." ...

EM managers eye huge super fund opportunity

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013

... Capital uses a fund-of-funds approach and has 80 research teams across 24 emerging market countries. "Only a handful of houses have that local presence and they are closed to new investors," said Feriani. For the fund manager though, the most attractive ...

ESG RA to award best stockbroking research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013

... year, valuation impacts and techniques are becoming more refined. It is also clear that the mainstream analysts of broking houses are becoming more comfortable with the identification and quantification of ESG factors," she said. Similar to last year's ...

Fund house publishes full holdings online

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013

... its website. UK and US funds are required to publish their top-10 holdings every three months but - while some Australian houses choose to disclose their holdings - there is no obligation for them to do so. The financial services industry in Australia ...

Fund stalwarts draw $6bn in Aus equities mandates

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013

... to Australian equity managers in the past 12 months, a staggering $5.97 billion has been given to just three investment houses, data from Rainmaker Information can reveal. The three fund managers, which between them accounted for a shade under 60 percent ...

The virtuous cycle is back in play

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013

... new cars. Sales of new motor vehicles increased by 3.7% in February after a strong 14% jump in the previous month.... and houses. New home sales up by 15.6% in January; pending home sales up 4.5%. Higher sales send the supply of houses down and prices ...

MFS appoints head of platforms

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013

... Cartwright will focus on platform development and sales in Australia and N8ew Zealand in addition to liaising with research houses. His appointment follows the asset manager's decision to bring distribution of its Australian and New Zealand business ...

William Blair ramps up bid to win super fund mandates

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013

... market by bringing senior investment and distribution executives to Sydney to present to asset consultants and ratings houses. Head of Australia and New Zealand institutional distribution Alex Francois told Financial Standard back in November about the ...

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Mulino brings New Class of Advisers to life, guarantees fairer CSLR funding

KARREN VERGARA

Assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino will forge ahead with the New Class of Advisers (NCAs) as part of highly anticipated Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms and laid out a blueprint of how the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) will be fairer for financial advisers.

Munro Partners to acquire GSFM

VINNY VUCAGO

Munro Partners will acquire GSFM, the Australian investment fund management affiliate of CI Global Asset Management, in a deal designed to strengthen its local distribution capabilities.

Treasury consults on foreign investment framework reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Treasury has opened a consultation to review existing conditions required for foreign investment approvals in Australia.

Australians struggle to navigate super and age pension divide

VINNY VUCAGO

Australians are approaching retirement with growing uncertainty about how superannuation and the Age Pension will work together, with new research pointing to gaps in both preparedness and confidence.

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