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Improve risk management to target fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
The upcoming September AIMA Australia Hedge Fund Forum will hear how cautious investors post-GFC are trying to better understand their risk profiles so they can use this knowledge to identify which active investment managers are adding the most value. ...

Indonesia woos infra investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... Muhammad Chatib Basri, the vice chairman of Indonesia's National Economic Committee, however, recently told a Credit Suisse forum that with Indonesia's population and resources it could grow between 8 and 10% annually, putting it on par with major emerging ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... Debelle is due to take part in a panel discussion at the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia Industry Leaders Panel Forum in Adelaide. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Monday closed lower as investors expect a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... payments policy department, Tony Richards, to scheduled to address the Australian Banking and Finance Retail Financial Services Forum 2012 in Sydney. In equities news, Allied Gold Mining Plc and Reclaim Industries are due to hold annual general meetings ...

IMCA names CIMA scholarship winners

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... Zschech, portfolio manager at Alpha Fund Managers who received the BlackRock Investment Management / Portfolio Construction Forum Scholarship. The FEAL CIMA Scholarship was awarded to Jo Townsend, investment manager at REST Industry Super and Rebekah ...

Local DMA providers hit back

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... regulation to give additional protection to retail clients," said Murphie. "But this particular law that The Australian CFD Forum [comprised of foreign owned providers, IG Markets, CMC Markets, Saxo Capital Markets, GFT Forex, Capital CFDs] is pushing ...

Compliance hurdles too high on PAFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... manager of philanthropy at Perpetual, speaking yesterday at the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants' Sydney Business Forum. "What's happened is in the good times, there have been many people who have set up private ancillary funds (PAF) but ...

PJC blasts Trio follow-up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services has expressed strong concern over lack of follow-up from regulators and criminal authorities in the wake of the Trio Capital collapse. In the report on the largest superannuation ...

Insurance bonds back in favour

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... Higgins, Austock managing director. Higgins was speaking at the fourth installment of Financial Standard's Technical Services Forum in Sydney yesterday. With insights from some of the top technical minds working in the industry, the Forum looked at some ...

AFA launches revamped website

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers has launched a revamped website to better connect members, following development of its multi-platform social media presence. "We've completely rebuilt the website from the ground-up, with the intention of providing ...