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Investors ignoring credit

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
Retail investors are ignoring the middle ground between equity and fixed interest, "bar-belling" portfolio asset allocation between the two extremes, according to a paper released by boutique global credit manager, Bentham Asset Management. "I am quite ...

Aus Super hands Orion mandate to Fidelity

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... equities mandate worth $500 million to Fidelity, from Orion Asset Management. An Australian Super spokesperson confirmed the switch but declined to comment on the reasons behind the change which will hand the mandate to Fidelity's Australian equities ...

Advisers positive about fee for service

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
With the FOFA legislation taking effect in less than a year, the hybrid fee for service model is growing in popularity among financial advisers, reveals a new report. The Elixir Consulting's 2012 Adviser Pricing Models report is based on a study of ...

Sequencing risk impacts super savings

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
The post-global financial crisis combined with longevity issues has brought strategies to manage sequencing risk to the forefront in Australia, according to Chad Padowitz, chief investment officer at Wingate Asset Management. Although many retirees ...

New switching device cuts latency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... not terribly important part of the trading process," said Josh Rose, principal at Zeptonics, who are manufacturers of the switch. "The reason that was true was you might have several trading engines making a decision and those engines might have taken ...

Platform satisfaction on the rise

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Platform providers' $130m investment in technology is showing strong benefits with advisers' satisfaction reaching the highest level recorded in nine years, according to a new report by Investment Trends. Investment Trends have been tracking planners' ...

BT: Focus on Count disproportionate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... platform, on platform." While not commenting on the magnitude of the transition costs being paid to practices making the switch to BT, Spiers said all select costs paid are in alignment with industry practice, which has been known to cover expenses for ...

Barings launches Asia dynamic asset allocation fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
In what appears to be a sign of the times, Barings Asset Management has reviewed its fund menu and decided close a US fund as it switches more attention to Asia by launching a new retail Asian dynamic asset allocation fund. The US fund being shut down ...

Sign on fees creating dealer group controversy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... Information. Phil Butterworth, managing director of BT Advice has admitted paying transition costs to practices making the switch, a relatively common occurrence, although he has not confirmed the amounts being paid. "The commercial arrangements for ...

Investors focus on Russian consumer stocks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... 6.5%, Hanson-Lawson said. Value within the area is not a given, with retailers proving expensive last year and prompting a switch by East Capital, including into some undervalued oil and gas stocks, although the developing banking sector is tipped as ...