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Industry funds and corporates must talk more: Sherry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... their members, depending on whether they are in the accumulation or pension phase. This means they are assessing the performance of fund managers on an after-tax basis.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher following a mixed performance on international markets as investors await key US jobs figures. At 0807 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,346. ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITERS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 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) in an interactive. ...

Dalton Nicol Reid consistency rewarded with Lonsec upgrade

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... in the peer group. "The Manager displays many of the attributes Lonsec looks for in boutique managers including a performance driven culture and a strong alignment of interests between staff, investors, and the firm," the researcher continued. "Lonsec ...

ASIC acted only when claims hit "tsunami level"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... acted only when the volume of complaints "reached tsunami level." In a submission to the Senate inquiry on ASIC's performance, Anne Lampe, who is a Walkley award winning investigative finance journalist and writer who was employed by ASIC as an communications ...

Secrets of world's greatest investors revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... working in the industry (Hetty Green, Thyra Zerhusen and Susan Byrne) but none quite had the required level of absolute performance over 25 years to be included.

Calendar says buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... 0.4 percent." Excellent odds, don't you think? And then, there's the "January effect" that states that the market's performance for the entire month of January predicts the direction of equities for the remaining 11 months of the year. Statistical analysis ...

Fund members still resisting super engagement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... likely to be recommended by their customers to others than their retail counterparts". Roberts said while investment performance was a major factor in these perceptions, attitudes around fees and financial advisers were also very influential. This poor ...

Super in-house investment no threat to fund managers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... Australia with Fair Work." Terminating a fund manager, however, is very easy. Secondly, in the case that the fund performance is neutral - "Well, you've got a very costly team, and it would have been a lot cheaper to go passive," he said "And thirdly ...

Boutiques no longer have performance edge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
Despite the attention boutiques receive they no longer show any systematic performance edge over big brand managers. Explaining the research findings, Rainmaker in its latest Roundup report said the big brands have learned how to corral boutiques into ...