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Platforms divided on shelf space fees

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... industry has been mixed, with shelf space fee-charging operators against the proposals while others sided with the report. Doug Chang, head of product at Macquarie Wrap Solutions, said the report failed to grasp the subtleties of shelf space fees, as ...

Magellan puts money where its mouth is

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
Magellan Financial Group has launched two unique retail funds that only pay performance fees when returns exceed both a relative market benchmark and 10 year Australian Government Bond yields. The high conviction Global Fund is a market-uncorrelated ...

AustralianSuper changes guard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... replaced by alternate director and Ai group chief executive Heather Ridout, but remain on the fund's investment committee. Doug Cameron has been replaced by AMWU national secretary Dave Oliver, Greg Combet by the ACTU's Cath Bowtell, while Bill Shorten's ...

Local investors still call Australia home

... net worth individuals or those with above $500,000 in investable assets. Macquarie Private Wealth national practice manager Doug Webber said that despite the local market's seven-year bull run, retail investors aren't feeling the itch and believe it ...

Skandia parts ways with Mercer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
Skandia has bowed to the inevitable and replaced Mercer Investment Consulting with in-house consultancy Intech as its portfolio construction adviser from next month, ending uncertainty over where the two companies sat within the business. Speculation ...

Intech courts alternatives

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
Skandia's 2006 acquisition Intech has ramped up its exposure to alternative investment strategies with the launch of its Global Trading Strategies Trust II (GTSII) diversified alternatives trust. "Intech's diversified trust investors now have the opportunity ...

Advisers want transparency from licensees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
Adviser groups charging their franchisees too much is forcing practices to consider switching groups or whether they should set up on their own, said Darren Wise, managing director of Financial Planning Services Australia (FPS). "Some adviser practices ...

Macq and UNSW do the maths

... work with researchers from the UNSW's ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems (MASCOS). Doug Moss, division director of the bank's Quantitative Applications Division said that the local financial services industry will ...

Winds continue to favour private equity

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
Private equity deals look set to enjoy favourable environmental conditions for some time yet with more successful deals likely, according to van Eyk, although the sector may not be suitable to retail investors. Nigel Douglas, van Eyk investment strategist ...

Magellan hires ex-CFS head of distribution

Magellan Financial Group, formerly the Pengana Hedge Funds Group, has appointed Frank Casarotti as head of distribution for its funds management activities. Prior to joining Magellan, Casarottie worked at Commonwealth Bank where he was head of adviser ...