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FUM hits $1.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
Funds under management (FUM) has hit $1.4 trillion at end March after climbing 17.3 per cent or more than $200 billion during the previous year, according to Rainmaker's latest market roundup report. Discounting FUM that is outsourced to other investment ...

ASFA releases standardised fund data forms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
The Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) has released standardised data forms for super funds to use if they need help providing performance data to research agencies. "The aim of standardising the investment reporting format is to allow super ...

Creative products will meet aged consumers' needs: Asteron

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
Last week's census results showing that the number of people aged 85 years and over increased more than five times the rate of the overall population means it's time wealth managers got creative in designing products specifically for these consumers ...

APRA extends custodian downstream rule exemption

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
New regulations by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) extends the exemption custodians had from some previous downstream outsourcing prohibitions, but only if the primary custodian continues to carry all the responsibility. The regulator ...

Member TFNs now law but problems persist

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
Fund members not wanting to lose their superannuation tax concessions are, since 1 July, required to supply their Tax File Number (TFN) to their fund, but that doesn't mean concerns about how the legislation operates have subsided. Josel Ginsburg, a ...

Industry funds show strongest growth in assets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
Industry super funds continue to grow, driven by returns, their extra value and members making the switch, said David Whiteley, executive manager of the Industry Super Network. Whiteley said industry funds showed the strongest growth in assets for the ...

Check pay before shifting OS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
Before taking that overseas job offer Australian would-be expats need to carefully weigh up whether the pay jump is worth the move. Research just released by Mercer reveals that for the second year running Moscow is the world's most expensive city for ...

Most finance executives support ESG reporting

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
A survey of senior finance industry executives reveals that the economy-wide costs of ignoring sustainability issues such as climate change outweigh the costs of addressing it, but they believe more industry and national leadership is needed. The research ...

Stung UK private equity managers fight back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
Stung by mounting criticism in the UK alleging private equity managers are tax dodgers, asset strippers and don't contribute to the economy, the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) has thrown off the gloves and come out fighting. BVCA vice chairman ...

US fund fees plummet

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2007
Fees and expenses for US mutual funds plummeted to their lowest levels in more than a quarter century in 2006, according to new research just released by the Investment Company Institute in the US. "Stock fund investors on average paid 107 basis points ...