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BlackRock inches closer to global SMA

CHRIS NICHOLLS | FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007

BlackRock Investment Management is currently testing its long-awaited move into international shares. Head of customised portfolios services, Cormac Heffernan, said "We have always stated that international shares will be our next step in product development ...

DIY investors all cashed up

MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007

Self managed super fund (SMSF) investors may not have a crystal ball on hand but a new survey found that many of them sold out of property and equities well before the July/August market correction. A joint study of more than 2,100 SMSFs back in May ...

State Super awards $300m-plus in global property

... answered, "Not at this stage. We've already made our selection." He added, "We think global property is a growing asset class and the good thing is that these mandates are not ex-Australian LPTs," meaning they still get their exposure to the local property ...

Little fish and the big picture

SUZY MAC | WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007

The past five weeks has given some investors a classic lesson in the difficulty of timing markets. Expectations of more bad news saw the bears in a sell-off before being forced to buy back in as shares rebounded - a turn around that has enabled shares ...

Living in a volatile world: Pengana

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007

... is a lot of uncertainty, especially in currency trading and in the US economy," he said. "The pressures on the US middle class are considerable with health and education costs rising so much. The warning signs are there for some big changes over the ...

India-Australia wealth management forum set for take-off

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007

... entire Indian banking industry you can see the scale of opportunity that is arising over there, with an emerging middle class of close to 300 million people yet to become mature users of financial services," said Manallack. Manallack said the big opportunities ...

DIY funds get legal warrant access

CHRIS NICHOLLS | THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007

... only legal way that you can directly gear an asset is huge for the industry in general. "And not being restricted in asset class is another thing. Anything that can normally be bought with cash flow funds, you can now wrap an instalment warrant around." ...

AXA survey dispels retiree myth

MICHAEL HOBBS | WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007

The latest AXA retirement study has found that three out of four retirees who described themselves as defensive investors actually wanted a more aggressive investment strategy with a bias towards growth assets. The AXA investor trends report surveyed ...

Sunsuper digs deeper into alternatives

Queensland-based super fund Sunsuper continues its hiring spree in a bid to do more investing and research in alternative asset classes. Sunsuper has appointed three new managers namely Suzanna Berman, Megan Chan and Bruce Tomlinson. Berman, formerly ...

Aussie LPTs top of the pops

CHRIS NICHOLLS | WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007

... diversification," he said. "I don't think anyone in 1980 would have picked Australian property as being the strongest performing asset class over the next 26 years." He said anyone sitting down and trying to postulate what would be the best performing ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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