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Perpetual fund downgraded after resignation

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Perpetual's Wholesale Ethical SRI fund has been downgraded by ratings house van Eyk, after portfolio manager Simon Bridger resigned. Van Eyk has taken the fund off "hold" status and moved it from an "A" rating to a "BB" rating. Briana Lam, senior investment ...

Government takes no sides in industry-retail super split

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
The Federal Government said today it is not leaning one way or the other on the split between retail and industry funds on super fees. Paul Costello, chairman of the Stronger Super Peak Consultative Group last week handed Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten ...

Instos go direct as hedge funds industry moves

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
Institutions are seeking direct and customised hedge fund investments in favour of commingled fund of hedge funds, as the alternative asset class attempts to reinvent itself. A new report from State Street, Hedge Funds: Rebuilding on a New Foundation ...

Aberdeen eyes insto cash for new Asian property fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... Management is looking to raise US$300-US$400 million from institutional investors with the launch of a new Asian property fund of funds. The closed ended fund of funds, Aberdeen's Asset Management Asia's third, aims to build a portfolio of best in class ...

Super funds chase CPI linked assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... global fund managers on behalf of pension funds grew 16% in 2010. The research, which covers real estate, private equity fund of funds, fund of hedge funds, infrastructure and commodities, included ten Australian alternatives managers with combined AUM ...

Advisory firm directors may challenge ASIC ban

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... financial planner Kilara Financial Solutions, who recommended retail investors switch their superannuation holding into a fund of which Trio was the responsible entity. Peter Seagrim, managing director of Seagrims Accountants & Financial Planners, said ...

Grant Samuel signs US fixed income partner

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... Australia. "The other attraction is the absolute returns strategy for the retail distribution market and some of the smaller fund of funds. It's that fixed income based product that can give you a better return or yield than term deposits," said McKinnon ...

Clients want commissions - AFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
Financial planning clients want commissions to remain on life insurance products, according to research by the Association of Financial Advisers. The AFA research, conducted by CoreData and sponsored by AIA Australia, surveyed corporate super and life ...

Russell makes senior hires

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... independent asset consultant Access Capital Advisers, a role that also led him to be on the board of AMP Infrastructure Fund of India as an investor representative. With over 20 years of industry experience, Russo has also worked for Equipsuper and Westpac ...

Big mandates, big risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... president Ali Abdullah Saleh, while deadly protests have rocked Oman. Oman's sovereign wealth fund, the State General Reserve Fund of the Sultanate of Oman is worth US$8.2 billion and has invested heavily in European real estate according to the Preqin ...