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ASIC zones in on accountants pushing SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
Accountants that are advising Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) clients without the proper license will be penalised accordingly, Louise DuPre, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) adviser said. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals ...

Diversity wins at State Street

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, is to launch a range of diversified growth strategies using both traditional and alternative asset classes. These strategies will invest across a combination ...

Value after sub-prime: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
Investors should be looking to invest in emerging markets and shares that benefit from market volatility in the coming year, according to Stephen van Eyk, van Eyk Research managing director. Speaking at the SPAA conference, van Eyk said investors should ...

Liquidnet rakes $200m off starting blocks

Liquidnet, the global agency broker that's just launched in Australia, has said members have traded $200 million in equities using the group's block matching system. The group allows institutional investors to trade large blocks of equities directly ...

Regulators fight breaches online

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched a new online breach reporting system for dual-regulated institutions. According to a joint statement released by both ...

New Asia Pac equities head for AMP Capital

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
AMP Capital Investors has appointed Kerry Series as the firm's new head of Asia Pacific Equities. Series was previously investment director Asian equities at HSBC Asset Management in Hong Kong. Prior to that he was co-founder of Perennial Investment ...

Optimix to use local Indian know-how

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
Optimix chief investment officer Emmanuel Calligeris suggests fund managers who are only entering the market now face an uphill battle compared to those who have had a few years headstart. It took two years of hard work setting up the business but ING's ...

Long life derails retirement

People are living longer but not saving up as much, and probably can't afford to save more anyway, according to a leading actuary. While many superannuation experts have talked about the risk of people running out of money before they run out of breath ...

Hunter Hall extends Bravura deal

Hunter Hall Investment Management has extended its existing contract with wealth management software provider Bravura for another three years. The SRI specialist manager initially licenced the Garradin software more than five years ago, using the system ...

Good governance pays 18pc more

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
UK companies with exceptional corporate governance records generate returns 18 per cent higher than those with poor records, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The study analysed 654 UK FTSE All-Share companies over four years to ...