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High conviction alpha drives Alleron skyward

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
High conviction concentrated portfolio builds are working a treat for Alleron Investment Management and after just 20 months they are pushing $350 million. Barry Littler, chief executive, said, "We are large cap, concentrated, tightly focused and we ...

Ban default super funds: FPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called for default super fund selections to be banned because they block consumers from developing customised retirement strategies. Speaking at the first day of public hearings in Sydney for the Parliamentary ...

Future Fund is a government subsidiary: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
Despite arguments by the Future Fund board that it acts independently of politics, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated the obvious in saying it is a subsidiary of government. In its latest report on the Australian economy, the IMF has singled ...

SimCorp expands local office

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
SimCorp Asia has expanded its Sydney headquarters by four, bringing the Australian headcount to 23. The four new hires will be running the implementation and support functions and will report to SimCorp Asia's Sydney based operations director, Dennis ...

RBC Dexia appoints new Aussie head

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
RBC Dexia Investor Services has a new head and managing director for its Australian operations as outgoing head Alex Muto prepares to transition into a new role in the company. Head of technical sales, Scott MacDonald, will step up to lead the company ...

Charles River and Yieldbroker integrate platforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
Charles River Development and Yieldbroker have announced a link between their respective systems that will allow Charles River clients to execute trades through the Yieldbroker's DEBTS trading platform. The deal will provide institutional portfolio ...

Understand the dependencies and get unit pricing right

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
Limiting unit pricing errors requires companies to implement management and control systems and to fully understand the inter-dependencies involved in the process. Speaking at an Institute of Actuaries of Australia (IAA) special unit pricing briefing ...

Private equity capital fundraising jumps 50 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
... however found that the number of private equity funds in Asia has increased only slightly from 151 in 2003 to 173 in 2005. Alex Hungate, managing director of Reuters Asia said, "As financial volatility is set to rise on a trend basis, reliable information ...

Real estate commissions better than advisers': REIA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has criticised financial advisers for charging commissions even though they implied real estate agents have very similar fee structures. In their submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Structure ...

Government must intervene more to promote savings: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
A leading Australian think tank has called for more interventionist government policy to ready us for the economic impacts of the ageing population. Ivan Deveson, chairman and national president of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia ...