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Mystery surrounds sovereign fund billions

ALISON BEVEGE | TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011

... instruments, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and hedge funds, it was reported. Public equities was the most widely used class, with 85 per cent of sovereign wealth funds involved in 2011, up from 79 per cent the previous year. Infrastructure ...

Converging techniques give investors more options

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011

... marketplace for these types of products, said Mauppin-Higashino. "It is possible to invest in volatility almost as an asset class in its own right," he added. Future positions can also be implemented and hedged against using a scenario approach in addition ...

New Berkshire fund buys Buffet

ALISON BEVEGE | MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011

... since 1965. Buffet, the world's most famous investor, told shareholders in his annual letter that the book value of a single Class A share had increased from US$19 to US$95,453 over the past 46 years, with a 13 per cent gain in 2010. Buffet's letter ...

IAS pools $650m in managed accounts

ELISE BURGESS | MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011

... the market and five additional services currently in the implementation phase. The portfolios include multi-sector, asset class specific and simple self-managed accounts (SMA) approaches where specific managers run a specific model portfolio, with the ...

Annuities help combat longevity risk: Cooper

ELISE BURGESS | FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011

... have around 30 per cent allocation into annuities," said Cooper. Cooper spoke of the benefits of annuities as the new asset class, especially for advisers who have retiree clients, and suggested to advisers that to counteract this by 30 per cent of a ...

Centric Wealth reframes advice

ELISE BURGESS | THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011

Financial advisory firm Centric Wealth sets new benchmarks in its profession through a new platform that combines a 'real world' approach to risk management with best-practice investing and advice-focused technology. The firm has launched a new investment ...

HESTA posts bumper January returns

ALISON BEVEGE | FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011

... for the leading health and community services sector fund was International Shares with a 3 per cent gain in the volatile class. In second place with a solid 1.4 per cent rise was the Eco Pool - a welcome result for the fund which spent six months of ...

ATO shifts gears on SMSF regos

MATT WOODINGTON | FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011

Trustees will not be able to register an SMSF until there are assets in the fund under a new ATO system launched late last year. Two months ago, 30,000 SMSFs were reclassified as 'Registered - Status not determined', as part of an incentive to make ...

GFC hangover hits Perpetual profit

ALISON BEVEGE | WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011

A goodwill write-down from a pre-GFC purchase helped drag down wealth manager Perpetual's first-half profits by 29 per cent year-on-year to $35 million for the six months to December. The $10.6 million goodwill write-down comes from their 2008 purchase ...

BlackRock iShares breaks $1bn barrier

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011

BlackRock has announced that its exchange traded fund business, iShares, has reached $1 billion assets under management. IShares claims to be the world's leading provider of ETFs after launching its first suite of international ETFs in Australia in ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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