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Long-volatility a loss-maker: van Eyk

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
The key to a successful volatility strategy is active management as long-only positions can lead to losses, said a recently released paper by van Eyk. van Eyk's research tested a number of different investment portfolios, which combined varying amounts ...

APA gets HDF books

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
APA group will have access to Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund's books, after it made a proposal to increase its offer for the fund. Energy infrastructure investor Hastings is subject to two takeover offers: a cash-and-scrip offer from APA Group ...

FSC launches life commission claw-back

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
A new initiative has been unveiled that will see financial advisers repay their entire commissions on life insurance if a policy lapses in the first year. The Financial Services Council (FSC) will spearhead the claw-back system, which could see advisers ...

No roadblocks to success: Cormann

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
Mathias Cormann, Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, came out swinging yesterday, accusing the Federal government of implementing "chaotic and unpredictable" regulations. Cormann swore a "blood oath ...

A question of survival

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
Lawmakers have stepped up and have responded to the history of product flogging in wealth management, leading to an inflection point where the only fund managers that will survive are those willing to reinvent their business. Fund managers will either ...

MySuper outside government scope

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
In implementing MySuper, the government is taking on a new role outside its current remit, said Maged Girgis, partner, Minter Ellison Lawyers. The criteria for inclusion on the list of default funds means that the government is undertaking a commercial ...

Value still key in insurance

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
The remuneration components of the Future of Financial Advice reforms may be distracting from the needs of consumers when it comes to insurance, said Brett Clarke, chief executive officer, retail life, TAL. "We talk a lot about FOFA and remuneration ...

Regulators on post-Trio watch

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Australia's corporate watchdog said it has learnt some lessons in the wake of the Trio fraud, and plans to be more proactive. While admitting that the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) could never guarantee that a similar scenario ...

AMP Capital, Macquarie internalise infra JV

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
AMP Capital, Macquarie Capital Group and DUET Group have agreed to internalise the management of DUET - an ASX-listed investor in regulated energy utility assets in Australia. DUET was established in June 2003 as wholesale unit trusts. In August 2004 ...

Benchmarks stop us thinking: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
The shock of the GFC, the impacts of the Euro crisis and moribund world capital markets ever since are forcing institutional investors to confront the reality that their traditional investments models aren't working, said AXA Investment Managers. A ...