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Childhood determines who rises to the top

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... leadership positions typically shared an upbringing in a small business family environment where their mothers played an active role in running the business. Fitzsimmons said most of the women had also suffered major adversity between the age of eight ...

Centralised portfolios better for tax

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... Institutional investors can benefit from a better understanding of the impact tax has on returns. Portfolio structure, including active/passive and asset class strategy decisions, can be altered when tax impacts are understood, said Scott Lawrence, managing ...

ILB protect fixed-income: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... hedge against inflation regardless the current short term trend to low inflation or institutional investors turning towards active bond management. Julian Renoncourt, head of inflation and global bonds for HSBC Global Asset Management, said this is reinforced ...

Towers Watson's clients top $15bn in Smart Beta

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... or creating exposures or themes that are implementable in a low cost, systematic way. "It is not a substitute for good active management, but it allows resources to be focused on active management in areas where one can't systematise exposures." "We ...

UHNW take $720bn hit in 2011

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... banks. "Their [the banks'] business model has to shift. Where previously there was a lot of income from transactions of active portfolios, nowadays people put it onto a savings account or a term deposit, or a fixed income bond." "There's nothing happening ...

Asset allocation more important than clever products

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
Advisers are relying more on smarter asset allocation strategies than complex new products, reveals a survey of its advisers by independent superannuation and investment platform provider Wealthtrac. The survey conducted last month found that almost ...

Russell launches mini iQ platform

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
Russell Investments has launched a new online investment account, providing advisers and SMSFs cost-effective access to a range of actively managed, multi-asset solutions. Russell's new online investment account, Russell iQ Investments, has been developed ...

Rainmaker appoints new BD head

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
Rainmaker has promoted Moe Alshawa to associate director of technical sales following an internal restructure. The promotion follows changes at the Rainmaker group that reflect their continuing expansion into information services, media and internet ...

RI Advice expands financial planning offer

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... generating additional leads and referrals. "Our practices have been proactive in their growth strategies and we've been active in providing support to secure these new business arrangements. "In today's complex financial landscape the provision of a ...

Macquarie wins currency mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
Macquarie Investment Management has won a $105 million mandate from Amundi Alternative Investments' Managed Account Platform to actively trade G10 currencies. "We are delighted that Amundi, one of Europe's largest and most reputable asset managers ...