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130/30 strategies slammed for high fees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
Some Australian equity extension fund managers, which include 130/30 investment strategies, are charging excessive fees for poor performance, according a report. The van Eyk Australian Equities Extension Sector review of more than 10 fundamental and ...

AvSuper appoints NAB

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
Canberra based superannuation fund, AvSuper Fund has reappointed NAB as its provider of master custody and investment reporting services. NAB's asset servicing division has supported AvSuper's custody requirements since 1998. NAB's reappointment follows ...

AdminPARTNERS to target midsized funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
The newly-renamed superannuation funds administrator AdminPARTNERS has big plans for the midsized superannuation market and, this year, it hopes to tailor similar services for fund managers, too. AdminPARTNERS was previously known as GPen before it ...

Macquarie wins mandate from Mexico

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
Macquarie Group is eyeing Mexican infrastructure this new year, following the launch of a new infrastructure fund and winning $294 million in mandates from seven Mexican pension funds. In a press statement released late last week, Macquarie announced ...

Applications open for investment consulting program

IMCA ANNOUNCEMENT  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
IMCA Australia is now taking applications for the Certified Investment Management (CIMA) program, which begins in September this year. The course is made up of two components, an independent study program (Level 1) and a residential program and examination ...

Johnson Report maps out new world order

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
The report commissioned by the Government a year ago to look into how to improve Australia's appeal as a financial services centre has come up with a host of recommendations that could transform the local wealth management industry. The Australian Financial ...

ASIC bans planner pushing dodgy docos

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
A financial adviser who gave his clients false disclosure documents was slapped with a five-year ban from providing financial services. ASIC has banned Joshua David Fuoco of Prahran, Victoria from providing financial services after the regulator's investigation ...

Star ratings face predictability test

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
Research group Morningstar has rebutted a US study that suggested its ratings system failed or virtually lost all of its predicted ability when measured over a full market cycle. In early December, Advisor Perspectives, a US-based investment trends ...

Super funds back trustee pay disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
Three leading super funds have supported calls for the industry to disclose executive pay the same way listed companies do, following the release of the Cooper report that asked whether super funds should adopt the same corporate governance rules as ...

AQR receives strong ratings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
Connecticut-based alternative investment management firm AQR Capital Management has received strong ratings from Standard & Poor's Fund and Zenith Partners for the AQR Wholesale DELTA Fund. Zenith assigned a 'Recommended' rating to the fund, noting ...