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ANZ HFA alliance targets Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
ANZ and international absolute return fund manager HFA Asset Management have joined forces to launch a new capital protected investment fund focused on emerging Asian economies. According to a joint statement, the ANZ Discovery Asia Fund will provide ...

Direct property shines in NFP funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
Not-for-profit super funds have continued to outperform over the past year as a result of their high allocations to direct property, according to Rainmaker Information. "Our research has shown not-for-profit funds have increased their lead because of ...

AMP easywrite eases insurance pain

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
Financial planners can cut the time it takes to apply for a lump sum insurance policy for their clients by a third, after AMP updated its underwriting service. The automated service, easywrite, allows planners or customers to complete an application ...

Swiss sustainable FUM up 67 per cent

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
The Swiss sustainable investment market jumped 67 per cent last year to $33 billion at the end of December 2007, according to investment consulting and research company onValues. The Zurich based firm surveyed 19 investment managers on "specialist sustainable ...

True Index contains residual risk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
Financial advisers and investors must realise True Index funds are not immune to extreme market events, according to Scott Donald, Russell Investment Group director of fiduciary research. True Index funds aim to replicate an index by investing in an ...

That's life, four pillars to stay forever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
April 1st came early this year with the Reserve Bank, the Productivity Commission and the National Trust of NSW making some of their most incredible public statements ever. High interest rates and bank rates jumping above the Reserve's official benchmark ...

CARE joins Carbon Disclosure Project

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
CARE Super lobbies for better climate change policies after being the latest signatory to the Carbon Disclosure Project. Carbon Disclosure Project is a global not-for-profit group of 385 institutional investors that actively obtain information on company's ...

SSgA wins $200m hedge fund replication mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
State Street Global Advisors has been selected by UK-based Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) to manage a $200 million hedge fund replication mandate. The Hedge Fund Beta Replication Strategy replicates the average performance of a group of hedge ...

Coin downsizes software for advisers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
Coin Software has developed Risk Lite, a condensed version of Coin Office that allows risk writers to manage all client data and recommend a product faster. Using Risk Lite the risk writer can identify each client's specific insurance requirements and ...

Double digit days are over

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
Average fund returns of 15 per cent or more could soon be a thing of the past as investment experts predict that returns this year are more likely to be around the 8 per cent mark. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) yesterday ...