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Check unit prices on your mobile: Quadrant

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
Checking unit prices on your personal computer is so 2009 - Quadrant Super has launched a new service letting members review their unit prices on their mobile phones. The fund launched its mobile phone unit pricing service earlier this month, making ...

Combined Fund taps more growth assets

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
Combined Fund has increased its growth and balanced strategies' exposure to growth assets as markets improve and super funds return to riskier investments. According to a newsletter from Combined Fund, the fund's balanced option was managed on a 70/30 ...

Count buys DKN stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
Count Financial has bought a five per cent stake in financial services solutions provider, DKN Financial Group, as financial planning groups continue their buying spree. The purchase, worth over $5 million in ordinary shares, means Zurich Financial ...

ERSEL selects RIMES for tech

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
Italian and Luxembourg-domiciled asset manager ERSEL Sim S.p.A has selected Barra Performance on RIMES to service its performance measurement and attribution requirements. RIMES Technologies is a financial data integrator and performance solutions provider ...

Instinet close to signing two major transition mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
Instinet is in talks with two major transition managers in the Australian market to gain entry to their transition panels. John Fildes, managing director and chief operating officer, Asia at Instinet, said the technology firm is undertaking a number ...

Schroders wins business from super portfolio review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
Schroder Investment Management Australia is benefiting from a market trend where some super funds are pouring more money into fixed income assets. Simon Doyle, head of fixed income and multi-asset at Schroders, said the fixed income division is receiving ...

IGR signals tax and health reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
Fiscal pressures due to Australia's ageing population outlined in the latest Intergenerational Report strengthen the case for health reform, tax reform, national productivity growth targets and the removal of the compulsory retirement age. Yesterday ...

ASIC power boost could trigger witch-hunts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Some investment experts worry the government's plans to increase ASIC's investigative powers could spark industry witch-hunts. Indy Singh, managing director of Fiducian, said the government has to tread carefully when increasing ASIC's powers and assure ...

Cannae Capital joins Investors Mutual

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
Investors Mutual's Anton Tagliaferro remains the lead portfolio manager at IML after the fund absorbed Cannae Capital Partners - but the appointment of Cannae's Hugh Giddy as senior portfolio manager spells a new chapter at the firm. Boutique incubator ...

130/30 strategies slammed for high fees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
Some Australian equity extension fund managers, which include 130/30 investment strategies, are charging excessive fees for poor performance, according a report. The van Eyk Australian Equities Extension Sector review of more than 10 fundamental and ...