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Risk awareness up, costs down: Aon

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
Corporate governance again emerged as the top risk concern for executives in Aon's annual survey, with changing compliance and regulatory burdens and personal liability fears the primary drivers. The fifth annual Australasian Risk Management and Total ...

SMSF property lending of high Calliva

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
Calliva yesterday announced the launch of a new property lending product called SuperAccess, targeting self-managed super funds (SMSF) by allowing trustees to borrow up to 70 per cent of a property's value. Explaining the product, Calliva chief executive ...

Private equity redefines mum-and-dad investing

... been overstated, he conceded that it has a material consequence at an individual level by masking the performance of an active manager. For example, fund managers who did not invest in Coles because the company had weak fundamentals missed out on gaining ...

Microfinance bonds attract major instos

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... such as insurance and deposits, as well as business training and networking opportunities, designed for the economically active poor." To fund this expansion, microfinance advocates are turning to the capital markets. "Estimates of MFI annual growth ...

BT beats Vanguard on tax: Aviva

... the top five were Perpetual's Wholesale Geared Australian Fund, MLC Investment Trust IncomeBuilder and Ausbil Australian Active Equity Fund respectively. For its part, Aviva also has a series of tax saving features including deducting contributions tax ...

CFS feels the rhythm

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) has gotten with the groove by agreeing to purchase a major music copyright catalogue from DreamWorks Music Publishing as it prepares to launch a media-focused investment fund. CFS first formed its ...

Advisers want transparency from licensees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... earn their profit from services they provide and not the platform they are associated with. And clients should take a more active interest in the licensee behind the adviser," said Wise.

ASFA develops standardised super fund data forms

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... to see that [the spreadsheets] are adequate & and we've sought feedback from our members too," Whittaker said. The pro-active initiative highlights how the retailisation of superannuation through choice of fund and more open competition has leveled the ...

Vision Super adds currency manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... savings for our members." The new currency overlay mandate is aimed at adding addition returns, as FX Concepts takes up active positions away from benchmarks to diversify vision Super's currency holdings. The fund will, however, retain a passive hedge ...

Over Fifty Group ends commercial mortgages

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... managed down over the next 12-18 months and, as a consequence, $27 million in capital will be repaid to the company as active loans mature. An announcement to the Australian Stock Exchange said no impact was anticipated on FY07 and FY08 results. The ...