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Managed accounts hold trumpcard

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
As investors get jittery about their portfolios after Opes Prime and Lift Capital's collapse, the inherent feature of investors retaining beneficial ownership of their shares has become a key selling point for separately managed accounts (SMAs), industry ...

Currency replaces fixed income

Currency investing could be the next big thing as more investors use foreign exchange managed funds as an alternative to fixed income funds. Morgan Stanley's London-based currency expert Alex Davey was in Australia this month to talk about the group's ...

That's life, four pillars to stay forever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
April 1st came early this year with the Reserve Bank, the Productivity Commission and the National Trust of NSW making some of their most incredible public statements ever. High interest rates and bank rates jumping above the Reserve's official benchmark ...

PE must work on PR

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
As more institutions invest in alternative assets such as private equity, the sector players have to re-think how they communicate their message under the more intense public spotlight. At a Private Equity & Venture Capital Forum panel discussion, private ...

Back to school for MA providers

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
It may soon be school season for the Institute of Managed Accounts Providers (IMAP) members as the professional body prepares to uncover an education program to promote awareness of the managed accounts (MA) industry. According to Tracy Byrne, IMAP ...

Perpetual upgrades unit registry systems

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
Perpetual is the first client to implement consulting firm Bravura's wrap application and use Sonata Business Services - an end-to-end business solution delivering enterprise workflow management and document imaging across the fund manager's back office. ...

Deadly Trojan targets 400 banks

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Imagine logging in to your bank account online, making a transaction, then finding out that you've just given your details - and funds - to a nameless hacker. Now imagine the Trojan targeting the users of 400 banks worldwide, including several institutions ...

iMap spearheads MA education

The Institute of Managed Accounts Providers (iMap) wraps up its first year as the peak body for managed accounts with a growing membership base and a clear strategy on its education and compliance-focused initiatives for 2008. Speaking at the final ...

Land of the rising small caps

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
Morgan Stanley's global small cap portfolio is steering away from Australia's resource sector and refocusing on Japan's value stocks, according to managing director and co-head of international and global small cap value strategies, Margaret Naylor. ...

Rates rising everywhere bar big bank mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
Plenty of mortgage managers and second tier lenders have pushed home loan interest rates higher in recent weeks as they, or their funders, have passed on some of the rising cost of funds connected to the global liquidity crunch. Examples include South ...