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Mandates slugged by downturn

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... downturn has taken a sizable toll on the size and volume of mandates in 2012, according to recently released Rainmaker research. Highlights from Rainmaker's Mandate Chaser research reveal that mandate appointments (441) in the year to 30 June 2012 were ...

Platforms at 10 year low

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Nervousness in underlying global investment markets, caused by ongoing European financial crises, plus massive US budget blowouts has contributed to net inflows into the platform market reaching their lowest levels in ten years, a recent report reveals. ...

ETFs hit $6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... $5.7 billion, according to the ASX. This FUM is equivalent to about 9% of indexed Australian equities, based on separate research by Rainmaker, but only about 0.5% of stock market capitalisation. There are five major ETF providers, StateStreet with 48% ...

Volatility breeds opportunism: Report

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... market volatility, said a study commissioned by Principal Global Investors. As a result, the report, undertaken by CREATE-Research, said new ways of investing and managing assets through an extended period of economic uncertainty were required. It surveyed ...

Vanguard makes index switch

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... the Total Stock Market Index Fund, which is Vanguard's largest at $197 billion. The University of Chicago's Centre for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) engaged with Vanguard in 2009 to create a new series of investable indices. Vanguard will be the ...

Aust super system failing retirees

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... their superannuation lump sum payments as windfalls, to be used to extinguish debt or for greater consumption. The new research shows that between 2002 and 2010, non-retired households aged 50-54 years had a debt to superannuation ratio of 91% and even ...

Frontier Advisors makes four new hires

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... has made four new hires to its Melbourne office including Fraser Murray as a senior consultant to head up its equities research team. Murray joins from Ibbotson Associates, where he held the role as head of equities and property. He commences his new ...

Fix philanthropy from ground up: FYA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... or establishing a family legacy. Placements of 3-12 months are offered in a range of different skill areas including research, government relations and social change leadership or with pre-existing programs such as the National Indigenous Youth Leadership ...

BTIM makes three hires

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... Australia with responsibility for managing relationships with dealer groups, platforms and advisers and working with BTIM's research house partners. Laurice Considine and David Bolsom have both joined as business development managers servicing advisers ...

Super funds line up for Sevior

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... Australian equities mandate with Perpetual in December 2011, which was worth $315 million in June that year, according to research from Rainmaker. It was not confirmed if this was linked to Sevior's departure. Local Super, which has since merged with ...