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Hedge funds suffer worst year since 2011

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... European managers followed with an average return of 5.06% while North American managers trailed behind with a flat performance of 0.03%. Greater China investing hedge funds posted their fourth consecutive month of gains in December to finish 2015 with ...

Magellan prepping ASX-quoted version of infra fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... where ETFs do not. With fees at 1.35%, the cost of the existing Magellan Global Equities Fund, which replicates the performance of the hugely popular Magellan Global Fund run by Hamish Douglass, is more in line with a typical managed fund than a low ...

Government proposes super portfolio disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... entities. O'Dwyer said the proposed changes will ensure "Australians are able to better understand and compare the performance of superannuation funds across the industry, to see where their funds are invested and have greater ability to switch funds ...

ASX jumps "despite" naughty news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
Ho ho ho! Santa's in town. That's the feeling one gets when one looks at the Australian equity markets' performance on the first trading day of that merriest month of the year. The S&P/ASX 200 index started the day strong and finished stronger - up ...

Court fines SMSF admin for "free setup" ads

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... regulator issued infringement notices to Dixon Advisory Group for "misleading claims" on its website pertaining to the performance of SMSFs relative to industry and retail super funds. The advice firm complied with the two $10,200 penalties.

GBST partners with MSCI for after-tax services

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... GBST and MSCI will enable superannuation funds to provide members and stakeholders with a clear picture of the performance of their funds," Ryan said. GBST head of business solutions and wealth management, Kathy Taylor-Hofmann, said the agreement with ...

Culture is the 'glue' that drives growth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... executive of Team Gene, said at the AFA conference in Cairns this week there is a mathematical formula to determine the performance of individual staff. This formula factors in the employee's accuracy of role perception (ARP), abilities (A), level of ...

New IAG boss signals digital disruption focus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... growth and development," IAG chairman Brian Schwartz said. "Peter led a tremendous turnaround in the culture and performance of CGU during his time as its CEO. More recently, as CEO of IAG Labs, Peter has laid the foundations for IAG's digital future." ...

Data doesn't justify "recession" headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... transmitting? Businesses finally drinking the water RBA gov Glenn led them? This positive report is consistent with the AiG Performance of Manufacturing Index which increased to 52.1 in September - the third consecutive month that the index has been ...

Speculation springs eternal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... so given the latest growth figures showing that the economy is growing above trend - and gauging from the recent performance of the world ex-US economies financial markets and economies, most have already adjusted/in the midst of adjusting for its impact. ...