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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has raised the issue of the tax treatment of Private Equity firms operating in Australia noting a concern that the increasing level of corporate activity in the private equity space could mean the associated higher levels ...

Industry funds and master trusts share top honours

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
SelectingSuper has released its one, three and five year performance rankings for super funds up to 28 February 2007, showing a fairly even balance between the segments leading the performance pack. According to the benchmark indices, the Rainmaker/SelectingSuper ...

US pension funds no longer the big boys

In 2000, US pension funds dominated the top 20 list of the largest pension funds in the world but a new study has found that in 2005, Asian and European pension funds have taken over. The 2005 joint survey by Watson Wyatt and US publication Pensions ...

Zurich reviews managers after DeAM divestment

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
Hot on the heels of Deutsche Asset Management's (DeAM) divestment of its Australian funds management manufacturing business to Aberdeen Asset Management, Zurich Financial Services has asked Mercer Investment Consulting to undertake a review of managers ...

RCM head of Aussie equities moves to UBS

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
In a report surveying 19 core industry groups and 7,426 employers in Australia, recruitment and talent management company Hudson found that a net 34 per cent of employers expect to increase staff numbers over the forthcoming second quarter of 2007. ...

DeAM sets sights firmly on alternatives

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007
In a bold strategic move, Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) is positioning itself to stride ahead of all comers in the alternatives space and has agreed to sell its Australian equities and fixed income businesses to Aberdeen Asset Management for around ...

CBA fin services firing on all cylinders

In a detailed wealth management update today, the heads at Commonwealth Bank's wealth management arm announced a raft of good news, a better fund manager remuneration scheme and the launch of a new margin lending tool. The bank's financial services ...

Charles River key IT for Islamic funds

Technology plays a fundamental role in allowing more funds to manage investments that conform to Islamic law, according to US based managed funds technology specialist Charles River. Charles River is one of the leading developers of Investment Management ...

Alternative low-cost retirement funds on rise in US

Employers in the US are turning to unregulated, low-cost investment vehicles called 'collective funds' and regulated 'retirement services' funds to house their staff's pension instead of using traditional managed funds. According to the latest 'industry ...