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QIC invests in UK pure alpha fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
QIC has awarded a $250 million mandate to UK-based asset manager Henderson Global Investors' Global Equity multi-strategy fund. The fund is a pure alpha strategy using fundamental, liquidity, relative value and event driven strategies, with a yearly ...

VFMC gets centralised

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2007
The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has appointed Vanguard to manage their new Centralised Portfolio Management (CPM) system. A relatively new concept in Australia, Vanguard pioneered the technique in 2004 with MLC. VFMC is introducing ...

Industry groups get smart

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
The Australian Bankers' Association (ABA), Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA) have updated their consumer financial literacy guide - Smarter Super - Invest in your future and make the most ...

SWIFT protocols to slash transaction fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
Message transaction processing fees for investment managers, custodians and super funds could be slashed from an average $22 down to just 20 cents if they adopt the new SWIFTNet Funds protocols. SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications ...

Members need help comparing funds: Newspoll

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
Despite the plethora of super fund performance information now available, members do not know how to use it to properly to compare their funds, according to a Newspoll survey commissioned by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA). ...

CFDs move from off-market to exchange

With the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) planning to open a contracts for difference (CFDs) exchange in two month's time, investment house ABN AMRO gets in first with the launch of its own branded listed CFDs. The group has today listed around ...

AMP takes underwriting online

AMP has expanded its suite of services designed to make underwriting faster with the launch of an online desktop solution easywrite office. The solution allows customers to complete a personal statement in their financial planner's office and rides ...

Clean, green profit machines

New figures show that clean technology companies trumped the Australian sharemarket in the performance stakes over the last financial year with one outperforming stock returning more than 1,000 per cent over the period. Based on the analysis of the ...

State Street's 130/30 funds gain $10bn Edge

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) today announced their innovative 130/30 Edge funds had broken through the US$10 billion mark in assets under management. The world's first 130/30 product, first launched in December 2004 in Sydney, Australian Alpha ...

Bank planners promote gearing strategies

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
One issue hotly debated in the financial planning community in the months leading up to the 30 June superannuation contribution deadline was whether to recommend that clients use debt to help them reach the $1 million contribution limit. While independent ...