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Fund fees not coming down: Cooper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
Super System Review chair Jeremy Cooper said market forces in super aren't enough to drive the best outcome for members, arguing that contrary to industry claims, fund fees have gone up, not down, in the past decade. In his speech at the Committee for ...

Cuffe charity fund tilts to growth assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... defensive assets. He said he had allocated funds to Perennial to be invested in the Australian real estate investment trust (A-REIT) market. Stephen Hayes, managing director and portfolio manager at Perennial Real Estate Investments, manages the funds. ...

Resistance grows to SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
Opposition is growing to increasing the Superannuation Guarantee and the super funds industry has a major fight on its hands. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) said it rejects financial services industry claims that the SG increase ...

Purvis attracts SMA mandate with new venture

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
James Purvis, founder of one of the biggest financial planning research groups in Australia, has opened an implemented portfolio business that's attracting mandates from the managed account market. He founded Purvis, van Eyk and Company in 1989, now ...

INGIM senior portfolio manager resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... manager Mark Robertson, who will take over the bond portfolios, while senior portfolio manager Tania South will manage the REIT portfolios. Mehmet's resignation follows the departure last month of Justin Blaess, previously director of INGIM real estate ...

PM repeats calls to make Australia a fin services hub

At an industry forum yesterday, the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd talks about the next wave of superannuation reforms and the critical role the financial services sector play in the national economy. He said the reforms are the most significant set of reforms ...

AXA upgrades insurance in super

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
AXA Australia has added its financial protection product, Elevate, to the Summit, Generation and iAccess investment platforms. "This enhancement means clients will have access to a complete range of insurance features within the convenient framework ...

Liar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." - Sir Walter Scott (Marmion, 1808) Greece has just climb 10 notches up crap creek when Eurostat - the European Union's official Statistician - called it a liar. Eurostat revealed last ...

NabInvest buys Canadian property boutique

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
National Australia Bank's direct asset management business, nabInvest, has bought Presima, a global REIT boutique fund manager based in Canada. The acquisition is nabInvest's seventh deal since the business was established in October 2007 and its second ...

Instos target affordable housing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
Industry funds are eyeing affordable rental housing as the next property hot spot, as some institutions express interest in awarding mandates to Affordable Housing Australia, said managing director Michael Kerans. Kerans has been in talks with several ...