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Regal Long Short Aust EF 'highly recommended'

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... demonstrated a sound awareness of investor priority. Lonsec also maintains that the Manager's focus is on delivering performance outcomes for investors, not increasing company revenue via FUM growth. While Regal started managing long short portfolios ...

Regulation compounds hedge fund woes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... the views on regulation, the survey found that both managers (86%) and institutional investors (86%) believed that performance was the biggest driver of redemptions, while 84% of investors said a change in manager would also prompt redemptions. Speaking ...

Beware complex absolute return funds: Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... or nearing retirement are beginning to look for outcomes based, or real return solutions, rather than peer relative performance."

Give super fund directors more time: Gonski

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... Gonski, who is also an independent non-executive chairman of Coca-Cola Amatil and Investec Bank, says that directors' performance should be evaluated every year by an independent body. "Too many appraisals end up being box-ticking exercises," he said. ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... settled lower in US trading. Mr Heffernan said some investors may have chosen to take profits following the strong performance of the local bourse the previous day. Gold stocks were the worst-performing sector on the local market at 1034 AEDT, having ...

BNP Paribas Securities Services appoints IRP Asia/Pac head

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
Madhu Gayer has been appointed head of Investment Reporting and Performance (IRP) in Asia Pacific, a newly created position based in Singapore. Reporting to Mostapha Tahiri, head of asset and fund services in Asia and Nicolas Le Clech, global head of ...

Flexibility not returns, drive SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... their primary motivation, their ability to stick with their chosen investment strategy gives them a self perceived performance advantage as well. The research, based on an internet survey of 279 respondents, was conducted by Rice Warner Actuaries (RWA) ...

New after-tax system for Qantas Super

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... assessments, and that many superannuation funds did not take this into account. Funds could also better evaluate manager performance and fees if they understood net returns after tax impacts, he said.

Challenger ready for new capital rules

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... to refinance the existing debt." Challenger also stuck to its full-year financial targets yesterday, and said the performance of its investments has improved. The company's net profit fell by 43% in the 2011/12 financial year to $149 million, due mainly ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed performance on Wall Street and as markets await the outcome of a eurozone ministers meeting on a Greek bailout package. At 0644 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract ...