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IFRS eliminates need for GAAP reconciliation

The US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced it will eliminate the need to reconcile foreign financial reports filed with it back to the US Generally Accepted Accounting Principals (GAAP) if the foreign entity uses International Financial ...

Asset Super drops the passive act and appoints new overlay manager

Asset Super has outsourced its unit pricing to National Custodian Services (NCS), rearranging its investment structure by appointing State Street Global Advisors. (SSgA) to manage a new currency overlay mandate and dropping its $23 million passive international ...

Boutique manager added to Russell Australian Shares Fund

Russell Investment Group has added MIR Investment Management to the manager line-up of its Australian Shares Fund boosting the fund's line up of managers to six. The fund has $3.7 billion in funds under management and the six managers have been chosen ...

Telstra Super appoints LSV Asset Management

Telstra Super has appointed global equity value manager LSV Asset Management to manage $100 million following the decision to allocate $200 million to new value managers. The decision was made on the basis of a review of existing arrangements and LSV ...

CSAM moves into hedge fund market

Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has launched two Australian domiciled funds of hedge funds to signify the inception of its alternatives business in the local arena. The CSAM Global Long/Short Equity Fund offers the opportunity for investors to ...

NAB foreign exchange options desk back in business

The National Australia Bank has announced it will reopen its foreign exchange options desk on May 9, 2005, almost 15 months since it first notified the market of the unauthorised trading in foreign exchange options which cost the bank $360 million. ...

AXA chief claims mandatory super increases will not boost retirement

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2005
Mandatory superannuation contributions of 15 per cent will not help Australian in their retirement according to Axa Asia Pacific Holdings chief executive Les Owen. Speaking after AXA's annual general meeting yesterday Owen claimed there was no evidence ...

Macquarie increases its use of InfoComp

The Macquarie Bank Funds Management Group (FMG) will implement InfoComp's Composer product for its electronic fund administration needs and InfoComp's Conductor product for its messaging framework. The move follows the decision of the bank's Financial ...

HFA Octane Series 2 rated 'investment grade'

Standard & Poor's (S&P) has given the newly launched HFA Octane Series 2 fund an Assirt 'investment grade' rating. The fund of hedge funds was rated using S&P's classification system where returns and relative risk are compared against a traditional ...

AMP Capital sizes-up SMSFs

AMP Capital Investors has launched a research report on the self managed superannuation fund (SMSF) market which it will use to further tailor retail investment opportunities to meet the requirement of SMSF trustees. The report was completed by Investment ...