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Fund managers eye Asian equities: RBC

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
Fund managers are casting their nets wider into the Asia Pacific region to deliver 'alpha', shunning China and India to boost their portfolio returns, a survey found. The RBC Capital Markets survey reported high levels of confidence in Asian equity ...

BT earnings up despite floods

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
BT Financial Group saw revenues and earnings rise in the first quarter of 2011 despite an increase in insurance payouts brought on by the recent floods, which have so far cost Westpac $50 million. Updating the market on its overall performance over ...

Bennelong suspends SGI Global Equities fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
The Bennelong SGI Global Equities Fund has been suspended following the termination of an agreement between Bennelong Funds Management and global asset manager Security Global Investors (SGI). The Bennelong SGI Global Equities Fund and the Bennelong ...

Bendigo wealth mgmt posts $23m profit

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
Bendigo & Adelaide's wealth management division accounted for 14 per cent of the bank's total profit after tax of $173.9 million in the half year to December, according to results released this morning. During the half year, the group's wealth arm contributed ...

Fundies turn to outsourcing to curb costs: report

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
Three in four fund managers are protecting their businesses from the pain of more modest global sharemarket growth and downward pressures on investment fees by outsourcing their non-core activities, a report found. This month RBC Dexia and Accenture ...

HUB24 managed account gets thumbs up

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
Standard & Poor's Fund services has awarded a 'STRONG' rating to HUB24's separately managed account (SMA) platform. HUB24, a subsidiary of ASX listed boutique stockbroker Investorfirst, launched the SMA platform in early 2010. S&P noted that the manager ...

Smarter annuities can plug retirement savings gap

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
Leading superannuation expert and academic John Evans believes there are more ways to develop the annuities market than are currently being explored. The uncertainty attached to longevity, or people outliving their savings, and its impact on the wider ...

CREATE predicts golden age for stockpickers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
This decade could prove to be a 'golden age' for stock pickers, rather than the 'ice age' that had been predicted, according to an academic. US and European investment houses are increasingly moving towards a 'bucket approach', with up to 50 per cent ...

SMSFs pour more into property

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) are increasingly looking to allocate more into real estate as the sector continues on its recovery path. Investors are looking again to alternatives such as property and infrastructure to bring in long-term returns as ...

Bank lends aid to fin planning businesses

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
St.George Bank and other lenders are looking to plug the funding gap in the financial planning industry left by its rivals that have withdrawn from the market. Commonwealth Bank's decision to cease lending to financial planning businesses late last ...