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Asian equities approach fair value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
Financial planners may want to reassess their clients allocation to Asia's emerging markets as one investment specialist reckons Asian equities are no longer cheap. Stuart James, senior investment specialist at Aberdeen Asset Management, said Asia's ...

Super funds to take the reins off bond managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
Fixed income mandates will no longer be as prescriptive as they used to be as more super funds give bond managers more leeway to invest outside traditional benchmarks. Peter Dorrian, vice president and head of remarketing at PIMCO Australia and New ...

Maritime awards $155m to equities managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
Maritime Super's review of its Australian and international equities managers has resulted in Northcape Capital, T. Rowe Price and Ironbridge picking up investment mandates - but two existing fund managers have been dropped. The $2.4 billion fund's ...

Boost allocation to top active managers: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
Active managers enter a sweet spot in investments history with a three-year window to seriously make a mint for their investors, said BGI. The analysis paper, Why the financial crisis has made markets less efficient, by Andrew Jackson, director of research ...

Industry pushes for super concessions for women

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
The call for super reforms designed to boost the retirement savings of women grows louder as more research show the gender divide when it comes to super is wider than ever before. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, in recognition of ...

Market recovery emphasises quality managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
The recent sharemarket recovery has highlighted the need for financial planners to be even more vigilant when choosing a managed Australian equity fund. Rainmaker data found the average top 50 active Australian equities fund lost over 2 per cent while ...

Make advice tax deductible: IFSA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) is calling on the government to legislate for all financial advice to be tax deductible. John Brogden, chief executive at IFSA, said raising regulatory standards would more than likely increase ...

Zurich's three-year health check spur mandate changes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Zurich Investment Management has made dramatic changes to its Managed Growth Fund following a major review conducted once every three years. The changes follow a review with Mercer, the firm's investment consultant, which occurs every three years. Kansas ...

Treasury profits down 57pc but positive outlook

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Treasury Group's normalised profit for the past financial year fell by 57 per cent to $7.5 million as funds under management dropped more than 12 per cent to $10 billion. The group's net profit after tax (NPAT) was $4.9 million, a 71 per cent fall during ...

IOOF profits down, to divest life insurance...

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
IOOF has posted a 32 per cent drop in net profit after tax (NPAT) to $15.8 million for the last financial year as funds under management, administration and advice fell by $7 billion to $61 billion. The result represents the first profit announcement ...