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Budget to pave the way for better advice: Stammer

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
... Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) lunch were told yesterday. In his 26th ASFA post-Budget speech, leading economist and academic, Don Stammer, welcomed Costello's proposals to simplify the country's superannuation tax system and highlighted the changes ...

Super funds to inject $1.5bn more into Aussie hedge funds

An academic survey has predicted that current allocation by major super funds to hedge funds will jump by $1.5 billion in the next two to five years, an increase from the current average allocation of 2.9 per cent to 4.1 per cent. The University of ...

SELECT appoints the good doctor

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2005
... SELECT continues to add specialist expertise to our experienced in-house investment team. Bart has been a successful academic and practitioner in Australia, the USA, and the UK and we are very pleased to collaborate with him on alternative strategies ...

Poor governance high returns: SBS

... governance, he relies on the measure of those companies caught out by the regulations. "We don't have to go to a battle of academic studies, [because] we point to issues in real practice," says Mather. Reinforcing this, he says, CLERP 9 was developed ...

Index for the smart, hedge for the stupid

... me that there is an almost endless supply of wealthy stupid people". The award-winning money manager drew on several academic research to suggest that investors are better off investing in passive or index funds to gain long term returns instead of hedge ...

Former ASFA chair back in the spotlight

... youngest and the first female Chair of the peak superannuation industry body. Vilgan, who holds various community and academic awards, has said that she is delighted to chair ASFA again. She will head a team of ten board directors, two from each fund ...

Goldman Sachs JBWere Flex funds get thumbs up

... Fund the highest rating because of the fund's well-resourced investment team and solid mix of investment management and academic experience. "The investment process is logical and repeatable, and the manager has a long history in quantitative investing." ...

S&P rates Advance's MIR managed funds as very strong.

... unique. "The successful execution of MIR's disciplined investment approach, characterised by a successful combination of academic research and behavioural finance concepts, differentiates MIR from the majority of other managers," says Gullo. Advance ...

New regional manager for Winchcombe Carson Financial Planning

... number of dealer groups as well as looking after Corporate Super, Perennial asset management and platform sales. Her academic qualifications include a Diploma in Financial Planning from the Securities Institute of Australia and an Arts Degree from the ...

Invesco to utilise Macrow on Australian equity team

... resourced, experienced equity team and Mike's knowledge and background will be a great compliment to the business." Macrow's academic achievements are solid and include a Bachelor of Economics degree from Adelaide University and MBA form the University ...