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Pentafin and Direct Portfolio merger complete

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... our scale or broaden our offering. There's a number [of companies that] we have our eyes on, but there's nothing that's active at the moment," he said.

Climate change good for agriculture

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... he said. To exploit these opportunities, farmers will have to change the way they view their markets and become more pro-active, said Keogh. "To succeed in higher-value markets there is a need for a much closer focus on understanding the needs (some ...

Health insurance lobby lessons

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
The reforms to the private health insurance rebate and the industry reaction to it should be studied by everyone in wealth management who seeks to influence government policy. A furious health insurance industry came out fighting yesterday after the ...

QIC breaks away from asset norm

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... fixed interest, absolute return strategies and capital markets. In turn, the asset management division is made up of the active management segment, which focuses on alpha returns and strategy (beta returns). The third investment division, Capital Markets ...

Trust and Russell redefine philanthropic investing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... investment strategies, fixed interest and cash. Alternative investment strategies include portable alpha, global real estate or active currency approaches, said Chris Corneil, Russell investor services managing director. As part of the Russell investment ...

EQT signs RE deal with Martin Currie

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... global alpha fund. Based in Scotland, Martin Currie Investment Management (Martin Currie) manages roughly $30 billion in active equity portfolios for wealth managers, pension funds, multi managers, banks and charities worldwide. According to an Equity ...

Managed accounts hold trumpcard

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
As investors get jittery about their portfolios after Opes Prime and Lift Capital's collapse, the inherent feature of investors retaining beneficial ownership of their shares has become a key selling point for separately managed accounts (SMAs), industry ...

RaboPlus adds BlackRock Global to platform menu

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... global shares, emerging markets and can alter its fixed income exposure depending on equity market volatility. Merging active management with globally diversified exposure to growth and defensive assets, the fund has generated gross returns of 12.36 ...

Advice that spans three generations

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
... capability is effectively communicated to the market," he said. "The key is estate planning. If advisers can have a more active role in estate planning then that will lead to Gen X and Gen Y. "This module is really giving the advisers the tools to market ...

Aon hires Russell for FM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
... Master Trust investment options are divided into three tiers, Tier 1 provides a diversified fund approach across pre-mixed active and index options and the second and third tiers provide sector and specialist options respectively. This announcement means ...