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SPAA calls for reduction in SMSF levy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... but insisted it must represent the costs of administering and regulating the SMSF sector, saying it should be "revenue neutral". The levy rose by the 36% in the 2013-14 financial, from $191 in the previous year.

Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... of investment strategy in Australia Tim Unger said. "This catches our attention as we rate developed market equities 'neutral' (as of February 2014) compared to a rating of 'moderately attractive' a year ago, reflecting the change in our view of valuation ...

Chinese currency reforms to transform bond benchmarks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... benchmarks, for example, will have to reallocate 12% of their portfolios to Chinese government bonds just to maintain a neutral exposure," he said. He recommends institutional investors begin building their exposures towards this number or face being ...

Bennelong Long Short Equity Management launches new fund

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
... launched a new Australian equities strategy, the Bennelong Alpha 200 Fund (the Fund). The Fund is a long/short market neutral strategy with the objective of generating consistent returns regardless of market conditions. The investment team applies fundamental ...

RBA rate cut on cards

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... The fund returned 7.3% for the full-year 2013 with 4.8% coming from income distributions. That compares to the fund's neutral benchmark return of 5.7%. The Goldman Sachs Income Plus Fund maintained an overweight to infrastructure and utility assets in ...

Equity returns hinge on corporate spending

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014

Is 'unbundling' the future of broking?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
... director Phillip Weinberg. BestEx was founded in 2012, and was the first firm in Australia to offer execution-only, broker neutral trading services. While most brokers offer both research and execution, Weinberg said that the BestEx model is more appropriate ...

Governor Carney is no monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013

Dalton Nicol Reid consistency rewarded with Lonsec upgrade

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... upgrade recognised the group's consistency of approach. "The High Conviction Portfolio style is best described as "style neutral". The stock selection process has a strong bottom-up discipline and focuses on buying quality companies at reasonable prices," ...

Super in-house investment no threat to fund managers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... with Fair Work." Terminating a fund manager, however, is very easy. Secondly, in the case that the fund performance is neutral - "Well, you've got a very costly team, and it would have been a lot cheaper to go passive," he said "And thirdly, I think ...