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Planners tune in to ETFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
Over the next decade, exchange traded funds (ETFs) could put management fees of many Aussie fund managers under pressure - marking ETFs as the next boom market for fee-for-service planners. Bruce Baker, director of Queensland-based Puzzle Financial ...

Martin Currie rakes $500m and growing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
Scottish fund manager Martin Currie couldn't have picked the worst time to set up an Australian base but that hasn't stopped them from winning $500 million in new mandates thanks to the track record of their global alpha strategy. In the middle of the ...

Boomers to postpone retirement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
Almost half of the baby boomer generation in the UK, France, Germany, the US and Australia expect to postpone their retirement because of the global financial crisis, according to a new study. The TNS Financial Crisis Study found 44 per cent of respondents ...

Shenkman Capital now represented Down Under

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
Riding the wave of interest in credit investment opportunities, US credit research specialist Shenkman Capital Management now has representation in Australia. "Credit is clearly a focus for many investors at this time, there is an expectation that credit ...

Parlie inquiry into sales commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Its game on for financial advice in Australia now that Parliament has convened a fast-paced inquiry into the role advisers, commissions and regulatory gaps played in the recent spate of financial services collapses. The Inquiry's wide ranging Terms ...

Invest in debt, but carefully

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
In the aftermath of the credit crunch, big opportunities are presenting themselves in the debt markets provided investors know where to look and how to choose between them. "Markets are now ridiculously cheap. Investors are asking what happened, why ...

AUSCOAL overhauls insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
The $4.9 billion super fund for the mining industry AUSCOAL Super has restructured its insurance to offer members scaleable, age-based cover. According to Bruce Watson, chief executive of AUSCOAL, the new default arrangement means the fund has moved ...

Baracking for the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
"While our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken, though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this, we will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger ...

Comm Bank opens cap protected product

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
Commonwealth Bank has launched a capital protected investment product, Capital Series Australia II. The product provides two strategies; one gives investors total capital protection at maturity, with the potential for up to 80 per cent capital growth ...

Custodians to play bigger role on risk mgmt

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
Custodians can best serve their clients following last year's crisis by working more closely, over the long term, to develop custodial processes that can highlight risk management issues before they pose serious problems. Jane Perry, head of JP Morgan ...