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AMP net cash flows surge in Q3

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
AMP's growth initiatives have continued to deliver positive results with a particularly significant rise in the net cash flows in the third quarter. AMP Financial Services reported net cash flows of $605 million for the quarter compared to $335 million ...

Value vs price in Asian debt

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
When people talk about emerging markets, the word 'volatility' comes up a lot. Often it's bad news for many; and a win for a few. Dr Fawaz Habel, senior fund manager and head of fixed income research for Value Partners, put it nicely, when he said ...

AIST champions more women on Super boards

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
The chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) Fiona Reynolds has called upon super funds to appoint more female directors in a bid for greater gender diversity and equality. The peak body for Australia's $500 billion ...

Asset consultants still in demand

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
Consolidation within the superannuation industry hasn't diminished the demand for asset consultancy services, according to Mercer. Evolutions in the superannuation sector have meant that Mercer has diversified, and improved its capabilities, but it ...

Standard Risk Measure misleading

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
Investors may have already been misled by the Standard Risk Measure adopted by superannuation funds, said research house Van Eyk. Anomalies are caused by funds being able to choose how they calculate the risk of a product, said Van Eyk's head of strategic ...

ClearView announces further board changes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
ClearView has announced additional changes to its board as a result of the takeover by CCP BidCo. David Goodsall, Anne Keating and John Murphy have resigned as directors while David Brown, Gary Burg, Bruce Edwards, Les Fallick Nathanial Thomson and ...

ASIC cancel advice firm's AFS licence

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
ASIC has cancelled the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence of Sydney-based Australian Performance Financial Planning, effective immediately. In April, the corporate regulator suspended the company's licence because it had been had been put under ...

Next-gen platforms cater for wealth management renaissance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
Rapidly evolving technology and how investors interact with it, accompanied by changing client expectations and regulatory reform is pushing platform developers to fundamentally review their offerings. Forcing the strategic rethink is the growing disconnect ...

BOQ not a takeover target: Grimshaw

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
Bank of Queensland (BOQ) is not a takeover target, and the worst is behind it, said its chief executive, after the bank became the first in two decades to post a loss. Stuart Grimshaw, BOQ chief executive officer, denied speculation that the bank would ...

Chinese small-and-mid caps undervalued

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
Volatility goes hand-in-hand with investments in emerging markets, but valuations for small-and-mid cap Chinese stocks means it is time to buy, said one of Asia's best performing boutique asset managers. Company earnings will decline in the short term ...