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Best Advice close to federation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
Project East West or the Best Advice Project has closed its books and gearing up to federate in April. The Best Advice group began 10 years ago as an informal group of advisory practices sharing ideas on how to best expand their business and serve clients. ...

Double the super for wealthier Australians

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
Well-off Australians are making double the effort to boost their additional superannuation contributions compared to their less wealthy counterparts, a new study has shown. Wealth benchmark's Personal Finances of Wealth Australians - 2008 Institutional ...

More bulls than bears

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... economic cycle with 38 per cent anticipating strong economic growth and 76 per cent expecting higher corporate earnings. Doug Burton, investment director and head of investments at AXA Rosenberg, said Australian investment managers might be optimistic ...

Van Eyk back on the driver's seat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
Stephen van Eyk, managing director and founder of research company van Eyk Research, will become more hands on after the resignation of the group's research heads, Jerome Lander and Suzanne Tavill. While Tavill left the company last month, van Eyk has ...

Watson Wyatt appoints ex-Intech CIO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
Watson Wyatt has appointed former Intech chief investment officer Hugh Dougherty to senior consultant. While at Intech, Dougherty was directly involved in capital markets research, investment manager research and portfolio management. Previoulsy, he ...

Magellan Global is best-of-breed

Ratings firm Zenith Partners has given new boutique manager Magellan a "recommended" rating on the back of its recently launched Magellan Global fund. Zenith endorses Magellan Global for client portfolios with an allocation to global resources, real ...

Transition to retirement still a mystery

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
... ensure those approaching retirement age don't overlook the benefits of transition to retirement (TTR) strategies, according to Doug Webber, Macquarie private wealth national practice manager. During Macquarie's private wealth conferences, Webber said ...

Debenture devil in the detail

The high profile failures of debenture issuers such as Westpoint, Fincorp and Bridgecorp have prompted ASIC to release a consultation paper detailing tighter disclosure rules on debenture products. But is more disclosure enough to protect retail investors? ...

Not made in China

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
Profits from China's export boom are driving investment and fuelling its phenomenal economic growth, but while the price is right, quality issues go far beyond a toxic toy story. Manufacturing remains China's main growth driver, attributable to its ...

QIC and QSuper pour $28b in alpha-beta mandates

... investment industry, but this reallocation is QIC and QSuper putting our investments into action," said QIC's chief executive Doug McTaggart. Other major changes to the way QSuper's assets are managed include a significant portion of the $18 billion ...