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Fund managers mislead researchers on reasons for staff turnover

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
Senior management teams at some investment managers are deliberately misleading research houses about reasons for staff turnover in a bid to preserve their ratings, according to ProCapital managing director Dr Jerome Lander. The manager selection expert ...

Lonsec highlights hedge fund classification concerns

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
Investment research house Lonsec has highlighted unintended consequences of ASIC's proposed new rules affecting hedge funds, which could see investors increase the risk in their portfolios. ASIC Regulatory Guide 240, which was released in September ...

Financial services to make 100,000 millionaires by 2017

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... explosion in the number of millionaires over the next four years, according to a report by WealthInsight. By 2017, the research and data provider said there will be an estimated 402,000 millionaires in Australia, up 33% on 2012, with the majority of ...

New $9 million super research facility opens

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
A new $9 million research program between the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and four universities has been launched today. The CSIRO-Monash Superannuation Research Cluster has been funded jointly with $3 million coming ...

Xpress Super adds direct property to SMSF platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... 230% to more than $73 billion - a higher growth rate than any other asset class." These figures differ markedly from research by Investment Trends. According to the latter, in April 2013 SMSFs had 13% of their investments in property - including direct ...

Challenger appoints national key account manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... national key account manager that will bring experience and expertise from his former role as IOOF head of investment research. Paul O'Connor will be responsible for supporting the major national key accounts and will manage the relationship with rating ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... www.financialstandard.com.au, can also be accessed in the app through the 'Breaking News' section. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and publishers ...

Too much super diverted to pay personal debt: CPA report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... by CPA Australia was prepared by Simon Kelly, adjunct professor at the University of Canberra and formerly a principal research fellow at the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling. The focus of the report is that rapid growth of Australia's ...

Product Dashboard could spook risk-averse members

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... is now a particularly risky decision. Nevertheless, allocation to cash is on the rise. According to Investment Trends research, over the past 12 months cash deposits, including term deposits (TDs), have grown by 7%, reaching a total of $1.8 trillion

Demographic megatrends drive earnings well into the future

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... Demographics Fund is Essilor International, an eye care business specialising in lens manufacturing. Essilor spends more on research and development than its peers, giving it a significant competitive advantage. The company plays strongly into the demographics ...