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Government "tinkering" tops super industry worries

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... regulation in a decade," BNP Paribas Securities Services chief administrative officer Daryl Crich said. A preview of the research paper that will be presented in full at the Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) at the Gold Coast showed that over 70% ...

PBOC to QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
"He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious." - Lao Tzu, 'The Art of War' That "when" to fight must be nigh. Rumour has it that the People's Bank of China (PBOC) is preparing its own QE programme - prompted by the PBOC's recent ...

Altair appoints heads of research

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... Australian equities boutique manager Altair Asset Management has appointed Alvin Chan and Tim Riordan as co-heads of research for the investment firm. The announcement follows the recent appointment of former Platinum Asset Management global equity analyst ...

How to get private equity returns from listed stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... nullifies the need to allocate to the asset class unless investors are seeking the illiquidity premium it offers. In their research paper, 'The Components of Private Equity Performance: Implications for Portfolio Choice', Windham's Mark Kritzman and ...

MLC multi-manager funds get highest rating

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
MLC has been awarded the highest rating - '5 Apples' - by research house ChantWest for its range of multi-manager funds. ChantWest identified the flagship 'Horizon 4 - Balanced' fund, which returned 6.8% per annum in the 10 years to June 2014 (after ...

Super funds turning to passive to tackle high fees

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
Passive investment strategies are now being used by almost half of retail super funds, according to research by ING Direct which highlights that funds with high fees could end up costing investors more than $150,000 compared to cheaper funds. The research ...

PM Capital CEO leaves, replacement announced

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... Skilbeck replaced Donohoe in February 2015, PM Capital said. Skilbeck was most recently a chief executive at quantitative research solutions provider Rismark. Before that, he worked in the United States and Australia for Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse ...

Intergenerational Report shows need for financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... reduce reliance on the Age Pension, the nation as a whole will be infinitely better off." According to Investment Trends research, only 2.5 million Australians currently use a financial adviser. At the same time, the "appetite for seeking advice" increased ...

Asian institutions not using asset consultants

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... Asian institutional investors aren't making as much use of asset consultants as their US and European peers, according to research by Cerulli Associates. Cerulli's Asian Business Strategies: Making the Breakthrough report explains that where asset consultants ...

JPM Global Strategic Bond Fund rated by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
JPMorgan's Global Strategic Bond Fund has been awarded a 'Recommended' rating from research house Zenith. In its assessment, Zenith said the firm's global fixed income, currency and commodities (GFICC) team is one of "the strongest in the peer set" ...