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Fund managers still favour international shares

CHRIS NICHOLLS | THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007

... Investment Officer for the Asia Pacific, Peter Gunning, said managers continued to prefer international shares, despite returns on Australian shares exceeding those on global markets (in A$ terms) by 18 percentage points over the two years to the end ...

Govt proposes shorter PDS

CHRIS NICHOLLS | WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007

... pages, the new 'incorporation by reference' provisions mean that while critical information, such as costs, historical returns, risk and conflicts of interest is required in the primary documentation, product providers will have the freedom to provide ...

SELECT taps into futures with new fund

HAMISH MADDEN | TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007

... financial, currency and commodity futures markets. Brendan Foley, SELECT managing director, said the fund offer investors returns that are lowly correlated to stock and bond markets. "The Futures Fund looks to profit from directional moves in the market ...

Time for Aussies to go global with property: APN

HAMISH MADDEN | TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007

... continues to be very strong for property due to ageing populations and a continual demand for the relatively high income returns from property securities." Doble said that Australian investors had a relatively small allocation to global property, especially ...

Super tops $1 trillion as retail keeps winning inflows race

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007

... grew only 11 per cent, most likely reflecting contribution holidays due to defined benefit factors. Retail investment returns on the dollar as measured by APRA, as opposed to fund averages, continue to outpace industry fund returns. The regulator said ...

Zenith recommends 7 Aust small co funds

HAMISH MADDEN | FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007

... and we believe their investment process is sufficiently detailed and robust. Going forward, while we expect the excess returns delivered by this fund to retract from the "lofty" levels achieved in recent years, we do believe that Macquarie is capable ...

HFA absolute return fund approved by S&P

HAMISH MADDEN | WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007

... type of product, Scott said. "There are multiple layers of fees on this product. Investors should focus on the final net returns, and be aware that they are paying fees at many different levels. Although there are many additional features in this product ...

Global indexing hits $6.4 trillion

... now getting indexed such as commodities, real estate investment trusts (REITS) and global equities. The hunt for 'alpha' returns has also resulted to funds flowing out of pure index funds and into semi-indexed funds or 'enhanced' passive funds. On a ...

Russell adds two to insto team

HAMISH MADDEN | TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007

... Australia and three years as equity portfolio manager/analyst at AMP Investments. He holds a PhD in Finance Anna Hocking returns to the Sydney office as a senior manager, institutional investment services, and will report to Annette Vlismas, director ...

HESTA appoints three intl long-short managers

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007

... to the fund in the overseas equities sector, he said. HESTA said they were looking for the managers to achieve active returns of around 5 per cent above the benchmark. HESTA is AAA rated by SelectingSuper. The managers have big shoes to fill with HESTA's ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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