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Australians lead FM pack

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
Australians have emerged the victors of the wealth management race despite a global economic slowdown, new research shows. According to the AFG Global Funds Management Index, Australians amassed an average $70,385 per person in managed funds - emerging ...

Pure commodities funds win ratings

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
Climbing commodity prices have pioneered the establishment of pure commodity funds and a debut Standard and Poor's rating for three new products. Ratings house Standard & Poor's Fund Services recently assigned four-star ratings to three new pure commodity ...

UN PRI enlists 400 firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
The number of signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) broke the 400 mark this month, rising by more than 70 members since the beginning of the year. In total, UN PRI signatories, comprise of asset owners, investment ...

Third Link signs key fund managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
More than 15 'big brand' and boutique managers including BlackRock, Colonial First State and Perennial will form the first set of underlying fund managers to the Third Link Growth fund, a fund-of-fund designed to donate $1.5 million each year to charity. ...

FPA rejects tax bill changes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) slammed proposed changes to the Tax Agent Services Bill, declaring it could increase the cost of delivering financial advice and hinder consumer access to financial planning services. The proposed Bill requires ...

Energy investments surge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
Regardless of the finer debating points on what the ideal emission trading system should look like, investors are already flocking to alternative energy. New investment into the sector jumped US$148 billion in 2007, up 60 per cent over 2006, noted a ...

Dimensional wins $100m Aust Eq mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
Global insto asset manager Dimensional has secured a $100 million Australian core equities mandate with Zurich Investment Management. Dimensional's Australian Core Equity strategy is designed to capture the returns from the broad Australian equities ...

Market Jitters Redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
Market Movers Overnight 15 July "Just when you thought it was safe to get back into the water." This was the movie JAWS 2's tagline back in 1978 and it aptly applies to the global financial markets current predicament. It may not have been a complete ...

BOQ writes off franchise loans

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Most of the loans from Bank of Queensland to owner-operators of its franchised branches in Sydney appear to be impaired, and the bank appears to be increasingly willing to write off some of those loans. Of 55 owner-managed branches in New South Wales ...

Businesses weighed down by choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
A survey of payroll managers found 60 per cent of respondents found the choice-of-fund process frustrating and labour-intensive, costing an average business tens of thousands of dollars each year on administration spend. The joint survey conducted by ...