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Corporate Asian bonds on fire: HSBC

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
Due to flush liquidity, the rise of a hungry institutional investor base locally, and regulators keen to loosen up the region's reliance on bank funding, Asia's bond markets - currently running red hot - are to expected maintain rapid growth in years ...

Double-digit Asian equity returns in 2013: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
Now is an opportune moment for investors to take advantage of battered Asian stocks, particularly in more cyclical sectors, according to BlackRock's Andrew Swan. Speaking via video link-up from Hong Kong at a press event yesterday, the head of Asian ...

Professional Associations Super names new chairman

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
Professional Associations Super has appointed Frank Gullone as chairman, it was announced today. The industry super fund oversees around $2 billion of funds under management on behalf of over 420,000 members across RecruitmentSuper, Accountants Super ...

Asset consultants influence to grow amid industry change

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
Despite pressure on fees from a consolidating super industry, a combination of regulatory reform, increasing demand for less conventional assets and a rise in the amount of money going into super savings will magnify fund managers over-dependence on ...

Strong growth in securities lending: J.P. Morgan

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
A new surge of pension funds and institutional investors are showing interest in securities lending, said Paul Wilson, global head of client management & sales for trading services J.P. Morgan. Today's macro economic climate has left investors looking ...

The demise of asset consulting vastly exaggerated: Russell

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Business might be slow, but Russell Investments has said that there are still opportunities for its asset consulting business in Australia. In the first six months of this year, Russell did not receive one Request for Tender, said Greg Liddell, managing ...

Westpac warns tough year ahead

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Westpac's full-year statutory net profit has fallen 15% to $5.97 billion owing to a one-off tax benefit last year. The tax gain is related to the bank's takeover of St George, which pushed last year's profit artificially higher and made this year's ...

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 ...

Searching for conviction: Premium China study tour

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
Premium China Funds Management (PCFM) has just wrapped up a study tour of China, which saw more than 50 Australian financial advisers get a first-hand feel of two cities in a country that's never far from the headlines. While its economic strength is ...

Super debate flawed: ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
Several flaws exist in the current debate over superannuation adequacy in Australia, said the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). A focus on superannuation tax concessions and access age is the wrong conversation and should instead ...