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Janus pools $660m in Global Research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Global fund manager Janus has won US$700 million ($660 million) of new inflows in the past six months in a portfolio that suits the needs of risk-focused institutional investors. In Australia late last month, Janus' chief risk officer Dan Scherman told ...

Macq coins onto mortgage agenda

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Three out of four financial planning practices offer mortgage broking or referral services to their clients on their agenda, leading Macquarie to launch a mortgage module for COIN Office. The new module provides tools that will assist advisers to meet ...

Fund managers feast on billion-dollar debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Corporate debt issuance has surged this year giving fund managers billions of dollars worth of diversification in the fixed income market, leading experts have said. Bond fund giant Pacific Investment Management Co (PIMCO) estimates about US$18 billion ...

Extra year for tax related overhauls

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
The federal government has granted an extra year to both Managed Investment Trusts (MITs) and financial planners providing tax advice to come to terms with new legislation. Bill Shorten, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services and superannuation ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
The Australian share market was flat in opening trade on a weak lead from Wall Street after another earthquake struck Japan overnight. At 1013 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 2.8 points lower at 4,905.3, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Funds to talk insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
Superannuation funds could help solve Australia's underinsurance problem if they communicated more with members, AIA Australia's chief executive told the 2011 Life Insurance Conference in Sydney this week. Damien Green, head of the Australian arm of ...

Super future hangs on High Court decision

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Super funds will be keenly watching the outcome of a precedent making High Court case that has the potential to destroy a major plank of superannuation legislation, an industry body said today. Market research company Roy Morgan Research has challenged ...

Fed money drives black swans away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Have money, will travel. The succession of black swan sightings over the past three months have thus far failed to keep financial market optimism down. Equity markets are up, commodity markets are up and so are commodity currencies. Have you seen the ...

UniSuper second global tech mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
UniSuper makes its second investment mandate this year into global technology, investing over $200 million in US-firm, RCM. During the last 12 months the super fund upgraded global technology from a beta investment to alpha after completing extensive ...

Brookvine to drive BCS equities distribution

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
Boutique fund manager BCS Capital has teamed up with Brookvine to offer institutional investors a "new profit drivers approach" to Australian equities. BCS launched four products to the market six months ago, featuring two long only strategies, a long ...