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Market Vectors ETF gets Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... fund (ETF) business of US-based investment manager Van Eck Global, has received an 'Investment Grade Index' rating from research house, Lonsec. "The Market Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF tracks an index that is new to the Australian market and is ...

VC capital raising crash 75pct in 2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... even more significant role in helping to drive investment in Australian businesses," said El-Ansary said. According to research from Rainmaker latest Mandate Chaser report, PE and VC investments through mainstream investment managers amounted to $26 ...

Rice Warner overhauls structure, makes key appointments

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... superannuation & investments, there will now be team leaders in consulting and market insights (to capture Rice Warner research activities). Nathan Bonarius has been promoted to lead the superannuation insights team. The insurance team has also expanded ...

Tyndall AM reshuffles equities team as Van Munster retires

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... continue in his role as deputy head, where he will support Potter with team management and overall responsibility for research. Van Munster's co-management responsibilities for the Tyndall flagship Australian equity strategy will be taken over by portfolio ...

TAL takes over from AMP as biggest life insurer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
TAL has taken over from AMP/AXA as Australia's biggest life insurer after years of market dominance by the latter, research by DEXX&R has shown. The Life Analysis Report showed that TAL's in-force premiums for its total risk business had reached $1.87 ...

QBE invests in Invesco property fund

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... Group Chief Investment Officer Mr. Gary Brader said: "As one of the world's largest global property managers with global research depth, we believe that Invesco Real Estate is ideally placed to assist in the management of our global property assets." ...

Super is now an economic driver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... should be integrated into the nation's economy's macro management infrastructure. The ISA claim is underpinned by their research paper, 'Funding Australia: Superannuation and the Financial System' that will form a major aspect of their submission to ...

Intra-fund advice is low-cost

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... current definition of intra-fund advice rather than detailed personal advice. ASFA said this reinforced separate ASIC research that found around one-third of fund members prefer to receive financial advice 'as required' as opposed to a comprehensive ...

Actuate rebrands, now SFG Alliance Services

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... Alliance Service's adviserHQ website, which allows AFSLs and advisers to access the support of SFG through advice documents, research, product and platform solution, technical services, practice management, succession planning, marketing and sales. In ...

Russell after-tax director resurfaces at Parametric

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... management solutions business Parametric has appointed a former Russell Investments (Russell) director to role of director of research and after-tax solutions for Australia. Raewyn Williams has spent the last four years as director of after-tax investment ...