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Partnership gives local access to global hedge fund giant

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... will also have access to the Permal Managed Account Platform. The partnership follows Permal's acquisition of BNPP IP's fund of hedge funds business, Fauchier Partners, rebranded 'Jubilee Advisers', in March of this year. Permal, which is owned by Legg ...

Macquarie Dividend Run-Up fund launched

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
Macquarie Specialist Investments (MSI) has launched a new Australian equities fund which provides access to dividend paying stocks. The Macquarie Dividend Run-Up Fund targets total returns, tax efficiency, volatility management and smoother returns ...

Man Group hires former JP Morgan MD as CEO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... the suite of quantitative AHL strategies, the range of GLG alternative and long-only discretionary strategies and Man's fund of hedge fund offering FRM. Douglas has 27 years investment experience. He joins Man from JP Morgan's London office where he ...

Aust(Q) merger with AustralianSuper 'in members' interest'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
The small Queensland-based industry super fund AUST(Q) Super has announced an 'in principle' merger with industry giant AustralianSuper, set to take place later this year following due diligence processes. AUST(Q) Super chair Bob Henricks said the merger ...

UBS Platform appoints head of Strategy and Distribution

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
UBS has appointed a new head of Strategy and Distribution of its Platform Solution Group as part of its strategy to develop its superannuation fund offering. Former AustralianSuper product manager of Investments Paul Souter will be the new head of Strategy ...

Smartphone apps could increase super engagement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
Half of all members are not engaged with their superannuation, according to the latest research by CoreData. However, around 50% of younger members - and a third of all respondents - said they would be more engaged if their fund offered a smartphone ...

Zenith rates Macquarie global fund as 'Recommended'

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... Berman (NB). NB has around $19 billion in assets under management across its Alternatives division (which includes Hedge Fund of Funds and Private Equity investments) and Zenith considers it is well set up to provide advisory services to SAP, particularly ...

REI and Club Plus get MySuper green light

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
REI Super and Club Plus Super have become the latest funds to get approval from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) for their MySuper offerings. Property industry fund REI said its existing default choice, the Trustee Super Balanced ...

UK to tax platform rebates as income

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
In a shock decision, the UK taxation authority has issued a ruling that declares some platform rebates to be de facto income on which investors will have to pay tax. The ruling has caused outrage among the UK wealth management community that has claimed ...

Aurora targets retail investors with liquid hedge fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... interest from super funds and asset consultants and so far it says the response has been positive. "It's a multi-strategy fund of hedge funds strategy which focuses on the most liquid ideas from across our investment partners to give our clients the ...