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S&P place Advance Asian fund 'on hold'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
Standard & Poor's downgraded Advance Asian Equity fund from four stars to 'on hold' after the fund replaced its underlying investment manager, Maple-Brown Abbott, to Lion Global Investors. Lion Global Investors forms part of Singapore's Overseas Chinese ...

Intech rebrands

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
Intech Investments has undergone a rebranding exercise that incorporates new corporate colours under the Old Mutual banner. Intech - while retaining its name - will replace its previous purple corporate colour with green, to better align with the Old ...

Moody's takes action after ratings blunder

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
Moody's Investor Services is taking legal action against a number of its employees and improving its rating processes after it bungled the ratings of 11 European constant proportion debt obligations (CPDO) worth approximately $1 billion. After testing ...

Fidelity tops growth funds list: S&P

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
Standard & Poor's has upgraded Fidelity's Australian Equity Fund to five stars - making it the top rated manager for its growth capability. "The Australian equities - growth peer group comprises a good overall quality of managers, and most managers' ...

The hedge that saves

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Global insurers that invested heavily in so-called 'investment guarantee' products escaped the brunt of the liquidity crisis, giving actuarial firm Milliman the idea to explore how the same strategy could work for mums-and-dads investors in Australia. ...

Africa's investment renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Africa may be under the radar for many institutional investors but certain pockets are going through a period of economic renaissance, according to Investec Asset Management, one of the leading fund managers in the region. Investec, which is a relative ...

Franchise banking attract planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
The franchising industry may seem worlds apart from financial planning but Commonwealth Bank has found a way to tap into the franchising model to better serve the banking needs of dealer groups. Last October, Commonwealth Bank launched a specialist ...

UniSuper to use Bravura ePASS

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
The $24 billion industry superannuation fund UniSuper has signed a five year IT contract with Bravura Solutions. UniSuper has purchased the license for Bravura's ePASS. Non-participating employers who contribute to UniSuper on behalf of ex-university ...

New multi-managers challenge incumbents: S&P

The latest S&P review of multi-managers in alternative strategies shows that a new batch of fund managers are coming to the fore as investors change the rulebook on what fund products are great and what aren't. The report found there are more overseas ...

Rabo planning expands to QLD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
Rabobank's financial planning division, Rabo Financial Advisors (RFA), purchased Queensland based advice firm, Dayas Financial Services in line with its strategy to grow its presence in Australia. The purchase means RFA will own Dayas Financial Services' ...