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Budget to pave the way for better advice: Stammer

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
Treasurer Costello's 11th Budget will force financial advisers to focus on investments rather than taxes, attendees at an Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) lunch were told yesterday. In his 26th ASFA post-Budget speech, leading economist ...

Jana offers long-short trusts to retail space

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
Jana Implemented Consulting (Jana), together with MLC, is stepping away from its traditional research and consulting space by launching two new alternative investment trusts aimed at the retail market. The Jana Australian Share Long Short Trust and ...

30 million super accounts and climbing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2006
... accounts, up from the average of 2.5 five years ago. Indeed, Peter Kell, chief executive of the Australian Consumers Association (ACA), said that many consumers call the ACA exasperated by how difficult it is to consolidate their super accounts. "It ...

Super funds to inject $1.5bn more into Aussie hedge funds

An academic survey has predicted that current allocation by major super funds to hedge funds will jump by $1.5 billion in the next two to five years, an increase from the current average allocation of 2.9 per cent to 4.1 per cent. The University of ...

Suncorp hands HFA $88.7m mandate

... to increase its absolute return exposure. Rainmaker Information has rated the HFA Diversified Investments Fund (hedged) as ACA, as of November 2005. The group's International Shares Fund (hedged) is rated as a CCC fund. HFA also run a Conservative Investments ...

CFS adds new manager plus MTM

Commonwealth Bank owned Colonial First State has added a new multi manager option to their platform, FirstChoice, and included Acadian Australia on the menu, widening the investment choice for members. In adding more choices to the FirstChoice platform ...

Consumers not dumb, just confused about WM industry: ACA

The Australian Consumers' Association (ACA) says the release of the 2005 ANZ Financial Literacy Research and the Study of Consumers in Financial Difficulty confirms consumers are not dumb. Peter Kell, ACA Chief Executive Officer said he commended the ...

SELECT appoints the good doctor

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2005
Select Asset Management Limited (SELECT) has appointed a global macro specialist to help improve their multi-manager alternative portfolio. Dr Bart Dowling, author and current managing director of Evolutionary Finance (Australia) Ltd, will join SELECT's ...

Poor governance high returns: SBS

A previously unreleased research report by the Sydney Business School has revealed that investing in companies characterised by 'poor governance' may reward investors more than investing in companies with so-called good corporate governance practices. ...

Index for the smart, hedge for the stupid

LA-based investment theory and practice guru Rex Sinquefield entertained, enlightened and provoked the audience at the FPA conference last week when he questioned returns made by hedge funds and called those who invest in them "stupid". "Many people ...