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Asset owners throwing money away in hidden fees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... local institutions would especially benefit from this kind of cost pattern analysis. "The Financial System Inquiry put the focus squarely on cost in both its interim and final reports. Chairman David Murray and his committee said that superannuation ...

Boutique corporate super realigns following MySuper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... readjustment in the corporate platform market as fund groups that have elected not to pursue MySuper authorisation shift their focus away from corporate default products toward select and personal products. The findings are contained in the latest Rainmaker ...

VicSuper awards $100M absolute return mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... yield and emerging market debt. This portfolio has grown to more than $300 million today. The new mandate is expected to "focus on absolute return rather than relative return," Grant Samuel Funds Management chief executive Andrew McKinnon said. Grant ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open sharply lower after falls on Wall Street amid speculation the Federal Reserve remains on course to raise borrowing costs. At 0900 AEST on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 65 points ...

AllianceBernstein managed volatility strategy rated by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
The Alliance Bernstein Managed Volatility Equities Fund has received a 'Recommended' rating from investment research house Lonsec. The Australian equity fund is designed for investors seeking lower volatility, reduced downside risk in falling equity ...

CFSGAM completes fundraising for European infrastructure fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has closed the European Diversified Infrastructure Fund (EDIF) after successfully achieving its fundraising objective of $2.9billion. The fifth and final round of fundraising saw the fund draw in ...

Think of China as the new America

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... and if you want to keep dealing with China you've got to change too." Selling to the Chinese consumer should be the new focus: "You've got to think of China as if it were America. Australia has to become to China what the UK became to America. You've ...

Reasons to cheer amid gloomy predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
Low inflation, low returns and high volatility are set to be the new normal in 2015. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirmed the trend when it downgraded its growth forecast for the global economy from 3.8% for 2015 in October to a lower 3.5% ...

Global investment bank sets up shop in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... years of investment banking experience in organisations such as ABN-AMRO in London. The Australian division will initially focus on advising clients on corporate finance and restructuring matters, although the it will eventually offer clients its full ...

Magellan ups cash weighting ahead of market volatility

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... there is an elevated probability that the compression in risk premia will unwind over the next 12 months or so, as investors focus on a normalisation of US short-term interest rates," Douglass told investors. "Rising long-term interest rates, emerging ...