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ASIC annual report highlights industry trends

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
The ASIC annual report presented a wide picture of the industry, including details of over 15,000 alleged misconduct cases, inside trends and its results for the financial year. Over the last 12 months, up to June 30, the Australian Securities and Investments ...

Another 'should have gone shopping' moment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone, I can see all obstacles in my way Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) Sun-shiny day. - Johnny Nash Ok, alright, perhaps still not apropos when referring ...

Instos must reassess alternatives portfolios

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
Australian funds should be looking at customised solutions and beta replication, according to a $10 billion global manager, as the way in which institutional investors want to own alternative assets continues to evolve in a fee-constrained world. US ...

TAL Life appoints head of group life product development

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
TAL Life has promoted Adam Fusca to head its group life product development team. Fusca has been leading TAL's corporate group life division since June 2009. "I am delighted to make this appointment. It is recognition of the great work Adam has done ...

Indexed FUM up 30% since GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
The push to alpha-beta separation has put new impetus into the indexing sector, leading to continued growth in index market penetration particularly among equities, according to new research by Rainmaker. Indexing in Australia is now $223 billion, its ...

Asia Pacific $23.5bn local investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
Asia Pacific is dominating Australian fund manager business, responsible for investing some $23.5 billion of locally managed funds at June 30 last year. According to research by the Financial Services Council (FSC) and Plan For Life, $32.1 billion was ...

Janus manager launches insto volatility funds

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
Janus Capital subsidiary Enhanced Investment Technologies aims to provide consistent returns with the introduction of two new absolute volatility equity strategies to the Australian institutional market. The Low Volatility and Managed Volatility strategies ...

Life insurance sales close in on $10bn

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
Life insurance risk market inflows climbed 10% in the 12 months to June 2011 from $8.9 billion to $9.8 billion with TAL, Zurich and AIA recording the three highest inflows. Group risk had a rougher year with mixed results. According to Plan For Life ...

T. Rowe Price appoints former ING IM manager

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
The former wholesale business development manager at ING Investment Management in Sydney has been named as the new business development manager at T. Rowe Price. Heath Branigan will be focused on adviser distribution at the global investment management ...

AustralianSuper awards fresh mandates as FUM soars

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
AustralianSuper has already handed out a series of large mandates this year and reached June 30 2011 with over $43 billion in assets under management up from $32.6 billion a year earlier. Fidelity won a $525 million Australian equities mandate in the ...