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Hedge that made the grade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... 'recommended' rating. Morgan Stanley's FX Alpha Fund and FX Alpha Plus Fund along with the BlackRock Asset Allocation Alpha Fund - Class D and Select's Alternatives Portfolio and Futures Fund all made 'recommended' grade in the alternatives sector review. ...

APRA fund level reporting proposals dangerous

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
The Investment and Financial Services Association has rejected the APRA proposals for how the regulator should disclose fund returns to consumers. In a discussion paper released yesterday, IFSA said, "APRA's plan to publish trust level ROA [return on ...

Mandate to the Future

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
The Future Fund is looking to build up its debt portfolio this year and beef up its alternatives portfolio with investments that have "niche" risk premia. David Neal, the Future Fund's chief investment officer, gave an insight on where they are likely ...

Trustee survey reveals top asset classes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... 30 industry fund trustees and retirement industry advisers, 53 per cent nominated infrastructure as their preferred asset class. The results come as no surprise for RARE Infrastructure's Nick Langley, investment director and senior portfolio manager ...

ASSET Super to review value bias

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... said that following last year's market slump, the fund is not looking to tilt its portfolio towards any particular asset class. For example, unlike other super funds which have poured more funds into cash, ASSET Super's cash allocation remains stable ...

AMP forays into SMAs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
One of the country's largest financial planning groups, AMP, has launched its own separately managed accounts product following advisor feedback. Paul Sainsbury, AMP product manufacturing director, said the launch of the product, the AMP Personalised ...

Industry funds turn to listed assets

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
Unlisted assets will soon take a back seat as industry funds eye "good value" assets in the listed space in 2009, according to Frontier Investment Consulting. Frontier, which has approximately $97 billion in funds under advice, is taking a cautious ...

Dealer group demand spurs CLS growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... licensee demand to make their practices more efficient and profitable has prompted the two month old consultancy business, Class Leading Solutions (CLS) to expand their business nationwide. Kurt Smyth, CLS executive manager, said the firm is speaking ...

Aviva covers risky jobs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Aviva has launched a new Income Daily Living product that insures non-working spouses and Australians in high risk occupations. The new product will offer protection to occupations traditionally classified as 'too risky', such as labourers, window cleaners ...

Bellwether hires AFM for mandate search

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
Bellwether Partners has appointed AFM Investment Partners to source wholesale and institutional mandates. Bruce Bell, Bellwether Partners chief investment officer, said the firm always planned to hire an investment mandate specialist once the investment ...