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AFAC and APESB launch fresh debate on fiduciary duty

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MEDIA RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Major accountant-based financial advisory firms including Count Financial, PIS and Securitor have formed a new alliance in response to draft proposals from the accounting ethical standards board banning its members from charging asset-based fees from ...

Aurora set to list on ASX

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
Aurora Funds, the new name of the soon-to-merge fund managers Aurora Funds Management, Sandringham Capital and Fortitude Capital, is gearing up for an ASX listing after raising an initial $2 million from the market. The funding will go toward research ...

452 Capital returns 32pc in Morgan's absence

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
452 Capital's Australian share strategy posted more than 32 per cent in gross returns, just slightly above its benchmark, while co-founder Peter Morgan remains on extended leave for health reasons. Morgan, who also acts as an investment director, has ...

Macquarie launches cap protection product

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
Less than a month after Macquarie created a new consolidated business called Macquarie Specialist Investments, the firm has launched a capital protection product that gives investors geared and non-geared access to 16 managed funds. Peter van der Westhuyzen ...

New insurance benchmarks on the cards

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
The insurance industry could soon face a price shake-up as the Institute of Actuaries of Australia gears up to launch a new set of life tables aimed at providing price benchmarks to insurers. The institute has been collating information from major life ...

Debt disclosure to revive agribusiness

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Almost a year on to the day Timbercorp fell, the future of the agribusiness industry remains on shaky ground - but proposed measures demanding agribusiness operators to open their books to the public, including how much debt they owe, could renew investor ...

452 Capital retains 'three stars' rating

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
Standard & Poor's has backed the 452 Capital investment team to deliver solid returns despite the fund manager's co-founder and lead portfolio manager, Peter Morgan, being forced to take extended leave for medical reasons. The ratings firm placed two ...

Harvard puts property on sale

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
The $29 billion Harvard University endowment fund is looking to sell a slice of its $5 billion-plus real estate portfolio to lessen its exposure to embattled property markets. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the fund is looking to deploy ...

AXA AP angles for bigger slice of Aus market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
AXA Asia Pacific's full-year report today shed some light on why it's being courted by National Australia Bank and AMP, but also how it plans to grow its local revenues in the next few years. This morning the group announced that its profit after tax ...

Macquarie in talks with Charter Hall

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
The details behind Macquarie's venture to potentially sell its real estate management platform to Charter Hall are still sketchy - but one property expert predicts the outcome of the deal could create a new heavyweight property player in Australia. ...