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BNP Paribas wins Ashton custody

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
BNP Paribas Securities Services was selected by Ashton Advisers (Australia) to provide custody and fund administration services to its funds, ahead of its plan to launch two funds to the Australian retail market. Nick Raphaely, Ashton Advisors executive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... the September share price index futures contract fell 102 points to 5,040. Today, the Centro Properties Group shareholder class action case is expected to resume in the Federal Court. FOXTEL Chief Executive Kim Williams will deliver a speech to the American ...

CalPERS to suffer 2.4 pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... chief investment officer. "Private equity returns led the way in gains. Fixed income and our new inflation-linked asset class were also in positive territory," she said. Also cushioning the impact of losses is the fact that CalPERS experienced double ...

Planners must alter proposition: Murray

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
Investor behavioural expert, Nick Murray, is urging financial planners to change their value proposition and focus on managing client behaviour, stating it could potentially boost their client's long term returns by seven per cent. Speaking at an MLC ...

Astarra opens to retail investors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
Astarra Funds Management's balanced, conservative and growth multi manager funds are now available to retail investors for the first time in more than a decade. All three diversified funds have all been ranked in the top quartile over one, three, five ...

BlackRock absorbs Impact

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... managers to be more accountable on delivering alpha but it also means the Australian wealth management market has world-class finance technology in its own backyard. Impact is a global software provider that opened a local business just this year. Enda ...

Dimensional wins $100m Aust Eq mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... cap and value premiums than in a market-weighted portfolio. "Owning a core portfolio reduces reliance on individual asset class strategies and provides targeted factor exposure that can result in lower overall operating expenses and rebalancing costs. ...

Reporting season hikes A-REITs worth

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... fund manager also singled out this year's reporting season as the crux in restoring full investor confidence in the asset class. The $4.3 billion APN FM singled out this year's reporting season as the most crucial one in the last ten years as investors ...

Russell and Mercer lead MM pack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
Lonsec's annual review of the multi manager sector resulted in only two of out of 16 managers achieving a 'highly recommended' rating. Russell and Mercer were awarded 'highly recommended' ratings, while BT, AXA, Challenger, ipac, Optimix, MLC and Skandia/Intech ...

KiwiSaver to drive fin literacy

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... understanding of the long-term benefits of being invested in growth assets, said Oliver. Shares are commonly accepted as the asset class with the highest returns over the long term. "More sophisticated investment communities such as Australia and the ...