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More to emerging markets than Asia

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... will be beneficial to future investment conditions. Furthermore, Africa is largely a cash based economy, as opposed to the wealth of credit that fuels growth in the West. Other investments that Fidelity has focused on in the EMEA region are Russia's ...

Plum time for corporate super outsourcing

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... important part of their structure and the complex design of their funds." The fund, which is wholly-owned by the MLC/NAB wealth business, also uses an internal 'Six Sigma' efficiency program to deliver productivity and quality improvements as well as ...

Mystery surrounds sovereign fund billions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
The future mandate of Libya's sovereign wealth fund is uncertain following political unrest, a new report has said. A new report from Preqin said the Libyan Investment Authority had been able to invest more freely after sanctions on the north African ...

IAS pools $650m in managed accounts

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... quite seriously," said Heather. IAS has over 35 investment managers including Financial Clarity, Henderson Maxwell Private Wealth Management and DFS with professional asset managers such as Hyperion and Bennelong. Since 2007, IAS has specialised in implementing ...

Riots turn fund managers to risk review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... Australian mining companies were involved in nearly 500 projects through about 40 African countries. Some are chasing mineral wealth in high-risk countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and have made their way into the small-cap portfolios ...

Centric Wealth reframes advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
Financial advisory firm Centric Wealth sets new benchmarks in its profession through a new platform that combines a 'real world' approach to risk management with best-practice investing and advice-focused technology. The firm has launched a new investment ...

ACFS awards innovation and investment stewardship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... Management & Partners Australia and La Trobe Financial Services among this year's winners. More than 300 professionals from the wealth management and superannuation industry attended the 2011 Melbourne Financial Services Symposium (MFSS) Gala Dinner ...

Board changes at Wilson HTM

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
Wealth management firm Wilson HTM Investment Group has announced a board reshuffle with key changes to its executive leadership team. Steven Wilson, recently a director of Hyperion Flagship Investments Limited, has taken over as group managing director ...

Rethink before you rebuild

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... But it's still a balancing act. "No one wants to kill the goose that laid the golden egg and which gave us 10 years of wealth creation. But it can not go unchecked and unregulated." Diplock said regulators collecting reams of data isn't the answer either ...

Super industry warned of hack attacks

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
One of Australia's top fraud cops has warned that the wealth-management industry is a sitting duck for cyber crime and must take steps to safeguard itself against future attack. Detective-Inspector Bruce van der Graaf of the NSW Police Fraud Squad shocked ...