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Hyperion Aus Growth Companies eyes ASX300

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
Hyperion Australian Growth Companies fund gets A* rating from van Eyk Research after Hyperion changed the composition of the fund from Broad Cap to ASX 300. Last year, van Eyk had already rated Hyperion's separately managed account (SMA) portfolio ...

Navigator tops best platform list

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
Navigator has been named the highest-rated platform for overall functionality - beating FirstWrap, Macquarie Wrap and Asgard eWrap, according to a new report. Navigator won the title for 2009, after many years of "steadily rising up through the rankings" ...

Guardian signs Custom Solutions

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
Colonial First State's Custom Solutions platform has signed a white label agreement with Suncorp Group-owned Guardian Financial Planning. The deal means Guardian advisers will be able to provide clients with a broad number of investment options, risk ...

Diamonds are an investor's best friend

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
Move over bonds and cash - precious rocks, avant-garde art and collectible cars are now gaining favour as "alternative" investments for some of the world's richest high net worth investors. According to a London-based Datamonitor wealth investment analyst ...

Caravan parks deliver high income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
Caravan park funds are shaping up to be a fresh option for financial planners looking for income-producing products after Aspen Parks Property fund returned more than eight per cent in income last year. According to the firm's December fund report ...

Paragem tips scales for small planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Small-size planning groups keen to cut their licensing and admin costs without sacrificing their independence and quality of service are driving the demand for the 'shared services' model, said Paragem's managing director Ian Knox. Knox said some planning ...

Adelaide Bank opens Guaranteed Term Deposit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
Adelaide Bank has launched the Guaranteed Term Deposit, which provides investors with access to the Federal Government's cash deposit guarantee for amounts above $1 million. Bruce Speirs, Adelaide Bank general manager of managed funds, said the bank ...

Fidelity Europe fund 'on hold'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
Standard & Poor's has revised its rating of the Fidelity Europe fund from 'four stars' to 'on hold' after key portfolio manager Trygve Toraasen left the firm. As a result of Toraasen's departure, European Small Companies fund portfolio manager, Fabio ...

Avanteos launches managed account

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
Avanteos is building on its direct equities service and launching its managed account product to provide greater transparency and flexibility for financial planners. The managed account's first phase is an individually managed account (IMA) product ...

Top platforms give Basis investors helping hand

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
Seven of the industry's leading wealth management providers have teamed up to establish a good will fund for embattled Basis Capital investors. The IFSA Basis Capital Working Group, made up of Asgard, BT Financial Group, Synergy Capital Management ...