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FTSE sees rising demand for after tax index

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
FTSE Group's after-tax solution received a major boost as Sunsuper's new $700 million equity mandate will be benchmarked against the FTSE ASFA Australia 300 capital gains tax index. The FTSE ASFA Australia Index Series, which provides a range of industry ...

Alpha aims to lure planners with flexi gearing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... of 3.5 per cent. The instalments have a fixed annual interest rate of 9.1 per cent. Tony Rumble, founder and asset consultant, Alpha Structured Investments, said that the simplicity of the product and the ability to walkaway were key benefits. "Our advocacy ...

Unfixed future for fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
The future of fixed income lies with product innovations, global investing and shirking away from benchmarks, the audience was told at AllianceBernstein's recent symposium. Doug Peebles, chief investment officer and head of AllianceBernstein's fixed ...

Unfixed future for fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The future of fixed income lies with product innovations, global investing and shirking away from benchmarks, the audience was told at yesterday's AllianceBernstein's symposium. Doug Peebles, chief investment officer and head of AllianceBernstein's ...

Russell makes senior hires

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... its Asian consulting and advisory business with arrival of Trevor Persaud. Russo joins Russell from 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. ...

Super merger on track

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... they have appointed service providers for the merged business and have opted to continue with Towers Watson the asset consultant that was already working on behalf of both funds. The new management structure will see LGsuper's David Todd as chief executive ...

Super mergers drive new trends in asset consulting

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... models. Last year Rainmaker published research showing that five years ago most major super funds used a single asset consultant. Today, for the large super funds, that figure has collapsed to less than half. Leading asset consultants have been pro-active ...

KPMG investment consulting no direct threat

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... comfortable that there is a place for both. "I can see super funds developing a structure where they have one umbrella asset consultant to help with portfolio allocation and then drop down and pick specialists for the various pieces that they need," ...

A decade on, Frontier turns new leaf

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... of 19 clients, which includes the country's largest industry super funds. Proof that they've added value as an asset consultant, Frontier points to data showing that over the last 10 financial years, their clients have outperformed the average balanced ...

Trustees review fine print

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... rights. "Ultimately, the trustee is responsible for the investment strategy - your legal adviser is involved, asset consultant and the investment teams," he said. Also vital are the input from independent directors and investment committees. "You need ...