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Corp governance now a mainstream business imperative

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2006
Corporate governance is becoming even more important as it transitions from being just a compliance obligation to a business imperative. ISS has just released the results of its 2006 ISS Global Institutional Investor Study where it interviewed more ...

Praemium goes public with $18m capital raising

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
... with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), Praemium will be offering a white label SMA product targetted at the mainstream financial planning and broking participants. "MLIM has launched its first Australian SMA offering underpinned by Praemium's ...

We need professional education courses that set advisers apart: AFA

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2006
... accountants, medicos and lawyers and other professionals. What keeps us awake at night is how do we [make giving] advice a mainstream profession, and that is through post nominals like the CPA and so on." "After having completed PS 146 and the diploma ...

Mum and dad investors want a slice of the private equity pie

... equity fund available via master trusts and wrap platforms. Historically, private equity investments did not appeal to mainstream investors because they were highly illiquid with "liquidity lock-ups" ranging from seven to 12 years. But Macquarie's offering ...

Alternatives go mainstream

Alternative investments are increasingly becoming mainstream, with 86 per cent of global institutional investors revealing plans to add hedge fund managers to their current portfolios and 67 per cent planning to hire private equity managers. The figures ...

Plan For Life the latest researcher to launch web-based comparisons

Plan For Life, the actuarial and research house, is the latest research group to roll out a web-based super fund comparison tool for dealer groups. Simon Solomon, managing director of Plan For Life said the online tool will track not just fees but the ...

Gates wide open for fee-for-service: MLC

... competitive advantage," he added. The MLC move reinforces a dramatic shift to fee for service, which is now becoming mainstream for most planning groups.

Lower risks from hedge fund strategies causing a rethink

... risk story behind global hedge funds that is emerging as the real driver behind the sector as it gains acceptance as a mainstream asset class by more traditional investors, particularly with alternative strategies tipped to reach 20 per cent over the ...

Agribusiness commissions "too high"

... investors, a cost to the managers of these investments and are essentially holding the industry back from maturing into a mainstream asset class," said the group's executive manager Tim Lee. He added that these could also have the potential to impact ...

New survey debunks age-old investor behaviour views

... investments. "When we're talking about riskier assets, we're not talking about the casino. We're talking about fairly mainstream types of investment," he said. "And when you're expecting to live a long time, then you're better off investing in growth ...