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Russell appoints director amid consulting expansion

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... appetite for more sophisticated investment advice among institutional investors. "The services where they do engage consultants are becoming increasingly complex and specialised," said Greg Liddell, head of consulting and advisory services, Australia ...

FTSE sees rising demand for after tax index

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... The FTSE ASFA Australia Index Series was designed with the help of a committee of fund managers, super funds, asset consultants and tax specialists. FTSE and ASFA are also considering index-linked products, such as ETFs, structured products and derivatives ...

Unfixed future for fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... opportunities without the embedded index risks. Peebles questioned the validity of sticking with benchmarks, urging asset consultants, investors and the like to begin embracing benchmark unaware fixed income products to avoid be caught out by benchmarks ...

Unfixed future for fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... opportunities without the embedded index risks. Peebles questioned the validity of sticking with benchmarks, urging asset consultants, investors and the like to begin embracing benchmark unaware fixed income products to avoid be caught out by benchmarks ...

IMCA: International expert to speak on the development of debt markets in emerging global economies.

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
The investment management consultants association (IMCA) has secured renowned global macro strategist, Dr Tom Higgins, as guest speaker at their upcoming seminar, to be held in Sydney on Wednesday, 18 May and Melbourne on Thursday, 19 May. Dr Higgins ...

Trio victims turn on planners

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... their former financial advisers. About 100 investors are suing defunct financial planning firm Tarrants Financial Consultants, reportedly on the grounds that they received negligent advice. Tarrants managing director Ross Tarrant told the Illawarra Mercury ...

HSBC targets super funds with China access

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... linked bonds, the latter of which has already brought a number of Australian institutional mandates. "We do it through consultants and through industry super funds mainly at this stage although we are talking to corporate and government funds but because ...

Super mergers drive new trends in asset consulting

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
Rising M&A activity in superannuation is forcing asset consultants to lift their game or risk being edged out by their rivals - and the leading players are future-proofing their business through bigger investment teams and sharpened investment models. ...

IMCA offers 2011 scholarships

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... training. The Certified Investment Management (CIMA) program scholarships are offered by the Investment Management Consultants Association of Australia. The association says CIMA provides a strong foundation the investment consulting and researcher industries ...

KPMG investment consulting no direct threat

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... real estate and private equity businesses, saw a need for something other than traditional fund mangers and asset consultants to assist investors. Typically, said O'Leary, super funds have been relying on the fund managers to say "this is a good deal ...