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Opus Capital offers EU olive branch to ASIC

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... has now offered ASIC the enforceable undertaking stating Opus will not rely on deferred tax assets or sale and performance fee assets for the purposes of meeting its Net Tangible Asset (NTA) conditions or classify these assets as intangible assets in ...

Platforms welcome Solaris' performance fee equity fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
Boutique fund manager Solaris has had its Core Australian Equity Fund 'performance fee option' added to a range of major platforms. Macquarie Wrap, CFS Firstwrap, AXA Summit and AXA North have all included the fund on their distribution lists. The Performance ...

Challenger results prove annuity winner

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
Challenger Limited full year results has revealed a "stellar growth in annuities" with a 56% rise in retail sales growth to $1.46 billion and life cash earnings up 19% to $401 million. Challenger also posted normalised net profit after tax up 7% to ...

Lonsec casts eye over fund fee structures

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... Australian Equities Long/Short peer group and discovered two funds that employ a performance hurdle of 0%. While the performance fee hurdles employed by most managers in the sector are appropriate, Lonsec said the Smallco Investment Fund and the PM Capital ...

Consultant warns super funds on alternative rush

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
Institutional investors are in danger of allocating too much capital to alternatives, with "genuine assets" thin on the ground and often overpriced, according to investment consultant Chris Condon. A recent study by Towers Watson showed that allocations ...

Alt assets fund deals with adviser concerns

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... comfortable in this space," Patrick. The fund will have a 0.98 per cent flat fee with a capped 10 per cent annual performance fee, with a minimum investment of $50,000.

Advisers shape new unlisted property market

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
Centuria Property has launched new management benchmarks for its unlisted property funds after consulting with advisers on the least favourable aspects of current property funds in a bid to reshape the entire industry. Centuria Property spoke with advisers ...

Inflation fears raise appeal of alternative assets

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... "Many just cannot afford them any more many investors and more pension plans are just not willing to pay for that. Performance fee, yes but not for management fees," said Dr Laib. Dr Laib said that this is the first time that investors are really questioning ...

New Berkshire fund buys Buffet

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... may otherwise be too expensive for individuals to buy. Investors in the JB Global fund will pay a 10 per cent performance fee on any gains. They are able to borrow 100 per cent of investment funds from JB Global at 5.25 per cent fixed for three years ...

Macquarie Funds remove performance fee

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... the removal of the performance fees charged by the manager. "We have moved to simplify the fund by removing the performance fee, while leaving the management fee unchanged, so investors have absolute certainty as to the fee they will pay," said Justin ...