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Janus manager launches insto volatility funds

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
Janus Capital subsidiary Enhanced Investment Technologies aims to provide consistent returns with the introduction of two new absolute volatility equity strategies to the Australian institutional market. The Low Volatility and Managed Volatility strategies ...

Indigenous Australians offered chance to Clime career ladder

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
Clime Asset Management will welcome an Aboriginal trainee into its business next month, with a view to helping them develop into an investment professional and prompt other firms to follow their lead and change perceptions within the industry. Clime ...

Omega wins Ibbotson bonds mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
Omega Global Investors has been awarded a $222 million bonds mandate from Ibbotson Associates for its volatility-centric strategy, replacing Vanguard as underlying investment manager. Omega will apply a new strategy to the Ibbotson Australian Bonds ...

Boutique focus with new super product: Bendigo Wealth

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
Bendigo Wealth has set its sights on independent financial advisers with its new super investment product with ten active and index funds, a cash option, one admin fee of $98 and fully flexible insurance options. The Bendigo SmartStart Super, to be ...

APRA lays plans to improve super governance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority will demand greater transparency on board selection, remuneration and manager selection and insist upon higher capital holdings among super funds. APRA, which is entitled to set prudential standards from ...

Second tranche of FOFA well received: industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
The second tranche of FOFA reforms has earned a warm, albeit subdued, welcome from the industry with little or no reaction from large dealer groups but solid support from industry associations. In response to the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms ...

Tributes flow for governance visionary

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
The financial services industry has paid tribute to Erik Mather who died on Monday. The former managing director of Regnan, formerly BT Governance Advisory Service, was widely regarded as a leader in governance standards and a protector of superannuation ...

Sydney's financial centre ranking slips five places

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
Australia's push to become a significant regional financial centre appears to have stalled following the latest Global Financial Centre Index report that shows while Australia is improving its credentials, other cities are improving theirs more quickly. ...

Promises and plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again." (George W. Bush) Ok, stop giggling now, we all know what the former US President ...

Brand reputation key to mandate wins

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
When choosing new managers, brand reputation is an important investment criterion for more than half of institutional investors, new research suggests. According to Cogent Research, two thirds of US institutions plan to add at least one asset manager ...