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If the HAT fits: Intech launch into absolute returns

... capacity." The fund's performance objectives over five years and longer is to earn 4 per cent pa above benchmark and to be in top quarter of Intech's sector surveys for specialist manager funds. While the fund was seeded with an initial $115 million ...

Implemented consulting: the devil is in the detail

Rice Walker Actuaries has joined the debate on whether implemented consulting adds value or not. Their answer is "yes" but how the consultants deliver the returns is far from straightforward. In their latest survey on the performance of six asset consultants ...

Returns follow resources through the roof: SelectingSuper

... tables show one and three year return highs, with Industry and Government funds again dominating the default option field. The top 10 default option funds over one, three and five year periods is filled with 9 industry and Government funds. Among the ...

Slow death of annual reports: CSA

... elsewhere or are 'voting with their feet'. A survey by Chartered Secretaries Australia (CSA) of governance professionals in the top 200 listed companies has shown that more than 39 per cent of shareholders in Australia's largest companies have asked ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2006
The Australian share market should open stronger as a solid lead from the US and some bargain hunting following yesterday's weakness combining to drive the local bourse higher. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index was 36 points ...

BT Aussie small caps upgraded to four stars

... the investment team, as well as S&P's confidence in the funds' ability to continue delivering strong performance. This is on top of what S&P sees as continuing positive trends at BT as a whole. "The upgrade reflects the experience and quality of the ...

ASSET snares Anglican Provident Fund and shifts to alternatives

... and enabling them to climb the investment performance league tables. Their medium growth default investment option is now top quartile in its sector. The move also suggest ASSET Super have big plans for 2006 and beyond.

Platypus piggybacks on fund heavyweight Aust Unity

It is a match made in heaven as top-performing fund Platypus Asset Management and fund giant Australian Unity Investments (AUI) form a joint venture that plays on each other's strengths. The joint venture will be named Platypus Asset Management, half ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2006
... 233.07 or 1.50 per cent. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket closed higher on light volume yesterday, despite jitters in top stock Telecom ahead of tomorrow's first half result. The benchmark NZSX-50 gross index was 8.97 points higher at 3350.65 ...

Exchange traded funds to surge

... that investors should use ETFs as a mid to long term cash management tool because they are cheaper than futures contracts on top of their capital gains tax and transparency benefits.