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Profits fly high on planes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... jump on board in the past year have included Australian Catholic Superannuation, AMP Capital's Future Directions Fund and MCG Wealth. IGAF said it diversifies its assets and geographical risk across Australia, Germany, Brazil, India, China, Canada, Spain ...

Charter Hall targets advisers with SMA

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
Charter Hall Direct Property has officially launched its property securities fund as a separately managed account (SMA) as well as a managed fund, reflecting adviser appetite for direct portfolios. Reliance Investment Management will manage the portfolio ...

ASIC silent on possible research probe

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
ASIC has refused to confirm or deny whether research houses who gave five-star ratings or positive reports on fraud funds Trio Capital and Astarra are being investigated. But industry insiders say the corporate watchdog is conducting a high-level investigation ...

Investec fund doubles portfolio in 12 months

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... Future Directions Fund, Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund, Health Industry Plan Superannuation Fund and MCG Wealth, as well as support from seed investor Auscoal Superannuation Fund. "Our goal now is to continue to grow the portfolio ...

Credit unions and super funds show same merger trends

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
At least 10 credit unions are in merger talks with superannuation funds set to follow as the financial services sector consolidates, Australian Central Savings & Loans director Terry McGuirk said yesterday. Speaking at a forum on fund mergers at the ...

WA director joins AustralianSuper board

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
AustralianSuper has improved its nationwide representation with the appointment of Simone McGurk, the first West Australian-based director on its trustee board. McGurk, who replaces the retiring Cath Bowtell, is a director of Westscheme, which is set ...

Super exec pay on the table

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
Super fund chief investment officers are paid more than their chief executives, according to new research to be discussed at the Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) next week. The yet-to-be released report by McGuirk Management Consultants, a long-time ...

VTP mulls management change

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
Listed investment company Van Eyk Three Pillars (VTP) plans to terminate its relationship with its external managers, van Eyk Research, Three pillars Portfolio Managers and VTP Management, subject to further board discussions. VTP formed an in-principle ...

Global shares, cat bonds review after Japan quake

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
A large hole has been punched in the Japanese economy by Friday's earthquake, with super funds tightlipped on the possible impact of exposure and advisors looking to their portfolios. Professor Andrew O'Neil, director of the Griffith Asia Institute ...

Apostle picks up $50m, signs H2O

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
Apostle Asset Management has secured a $50 million funding into Loomis Sayles and signed a new distribution partnership with London-based boutique, H2O Asset Management. Apostle, which has $5 billion in assets under management, said that an industry ...