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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 ...

Former ASFA chair back in the spotlight

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has announced a new chair at their annual conference last week. Rosemary Vilgan will replace outgoing chair Lorraine Berends, who is the principal of Marvin & Palmer Associates. Vilgan is the ...

Perpetual overhauls Select Investment international

Signalling a shift in their investment strategy, Perpetual Private Clients has moved towards a more boutique multi-manager line up for the international equities component of their 'Select Investment Funds'. The new panel will be introduced to Perpetual's ...

Trail commissions in super should be investigated: Industry Funds

... commissions. In a statement issued yesterday in response to an article just published by the Australian Consumers Association (ACA) in their latest Money and Your Rights magazine, Weaven said he wants to see trail commissions investigations extended ...

Goldman Sachs JBWere Flex funds get thumbs up

The Goldman Sachs JBWere Global Flex Fund, an international long/short equity fund, received a "Highly Recommended" rating from research house Lonsec in its 2005 review of the Australian and International Long/Short Equity Fund sector released yesterday. ...