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Tyndall AM appoints investment risk manager

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... than eight years' experience in similar roles at Origin Energy and State Street. In his new role Collins will assess performance and risk across all funds, compiling timely reports to assess the methods used to measure risk management. "Collins will ...

How green are 'green funds'?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... Billiton and Rio are leaders in the mining space. Compared to their peers, they've got a better environmental and safety performance," he told Financial Standard. "I think people have taken a bit more sophisticated approach to just not investing [in ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... national accounts figures, including gross domestic product. The Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for November is due out. News Corp chief executive Julian Clarke is to address a Melbourne Press ...

ASIC chair defends against media 'smear'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... media to "smear our staff and culture." He said these media reports have coincided with the Senate inquiry into ASIC's performance. "Our main submission [to the Senate inquiry], a response to the inquiry's terms of reference, tells a very positive story ...

Super returns climb to 16.1pct, ahead of pre-GFC glory days

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... pre-GFC glory days when returns averaged 15% pa, noted Rainmaker the research group that conducts the SelectingSuper performance surveys. Rainmaker said the results are so high because the ASX accumulation index delivered 25% over the 12 months and international ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... through the 'Breaking News' section. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and publishers in the print edition - are also on iPadA(C).

Henderson global fund opens for business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... from London by the group's head of global equities Matthew Beesley. "Matthew and his team have delivered exceptional performance to investors in other parts of the world, and feedback from Australian investors is that high quality, differentiated offers ...

ISA and FSC clash over super in awards debate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
... have consistently seen superior returns to retail funds. But Codina said this was irrelevant. "Whatever the long-term performance of both sectors has been - which itself is disputed - it is irrelevant in the context of a brand new product called MySuper ...

Peters MacGregor Global Fund added to netwealth platform

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
... who use this leading platform in order to broaden its reach with financial advisers seeking the diversification and performance benefits of a firm of its caliber." Independent financial advisory firms Centric Wealth and Shadforth Financial Group have ...

Performance, fees still major retention risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
Dissatisfaction with performance and fees is still the biggest risk to member retention for retail funds while for industry funds changing employers is the biggest risk to retention, reveals the latest Roy Morgan Research's superannuation and wealth ...