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Super reforms hasten fund consolidation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... to a lot of duplication," he said. Recent academic research has shown that the costs of third party agents can drag performance by as much as 2%. Chesler added: "The largest funds are recognising that they have the scale to bring a lot of these services ...

Litigation risk to force advisers into multi-asset options: Russell

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... new development in the funds management industry and therefore few have a long enough track record on which to judge performance. Advisers, keen to out-source the responsibility, as well as the blame when things go wrong, are in danger of rushing investors ...

BNP Paribas teams up with Carnegie

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... bringing best of breed investment solutions to Australian investors." "With its experienced investment team, strong performance culture and long tradition in active portfolio management, we found Carnegie Asset Management to be a great addition to our ...

CareSuper scoops SelectingSuper awards

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
CareSuper has won both Super Fund of The Year and Best Long Term Performance at this years SelectingSuper awards, held in the MCG members Dining Room in Melbourne this morning. Fund of the Year is awarded to the fund or platform with the best overall ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... Stan Shamu said Australian shares were higher following gains in Europe and the US. "We just saw a slightly positive performance in European equities which fed through to US equities," he said. He said trading was still expected to be subdued until a ...

Fewer IPO's no excuse for poor returns: Hyperion

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Less initial public offerings (IPOs) shouldn't mean a slump in performance, said Hyperion Asset Management. Managers should view IPO activity as the exception, rather than the rule, added Jason Orthman, one of Hyperion's portfolio managers. "In the ...

RBA says its ok

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... October 2012 period while the ASX Small Ordinaries index managed only a 2.8% lift. Nevertheless, October's sectoral performance is encouraging with all of the S&P/ASX 200 GICS (global industry classification standard) producing positive returns last ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... points at 4,482. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association release the performance of construction index for October. In equities news, News Corporation is expected to announce first quarter earnings results ...

Three chances to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... October - though this is a 22-month low and down from 52.2 reading of the previous month. And back home, the AIG/CBA Performance of Services Index rose to 42.8 last month from 41.9 in September. Still contracting but improving? Or... ? See what I mean? ...

Market Wrap early AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street showed a mixed performance and European stocks slid amid cautious trading on the eve of the US presidential election. At 0635 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract ...