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InvestorWeb rates yield driven fixed interest funds

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2006
Fixed interest has traditionally been seen as simply a defensive asset within a portfolio, but the players from InvestorWeb's recent review are behind a new trend towards yield driven and higher risk products. InvestorWeb's general manager of managed ...

Aviva appoints manager for Queensland

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2006
Aviva has announced the appointment of a new Queensland state manager. Dermot Lindsay joins the Aviva team after spending four years in a similar role in Queensland with IOOF. Lindsay has also spent time working with AM Corporation. Aviva's general ...

DSTi launches simplified reporting solution

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2006
DSTi has announced the launch of its new straight through web enabled reporting tool to automate and simplify business reporting. DSTi's 'Automated Reporting Solution' will integrate with AWD, their business process management product, and the reporting ...

Patriot makes Zenith small caps shortlist

A new Melbourne-based fund manager, Patriot Asset Management, has joined small caps stalwarts Ausbil Dexia and SmallCo in Zenith's top five recommended fund managers specialising in small companies. Zenith Investment Partners's senior investment analyst ...

Sage joins the Tandem team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
Sage Financial Services has bought Tandem Financial Advice's Cronulla operation, Advice Financial Solutions, and has begun transitioning the combined businesses into the Tandem group. Husband and wife team Wilson and Analaura Luna are the principals ...

US fund fees plummet 50 per cent in 25 years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
US mutual fund fees have plummeted 50 per cent in the past 25 years, driven down by market competition and the impact of changing distribution channels. Research just released by the US Investment Company Institute (ICI) reveals that total average fees ...

Counting on SMAs with Praemium

Count Financial, the country's third largest network of financial advisers, has signed up with Praemium/MLIM's separately managed account (SMA) platform. While the managed accounts sector is well-established in the US, the local market is yet to embrace ...

Associations need to raise standards themselves: Pearce

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Chris Pearce, has played down any chance of ramping up regulation over the financial planning industry and has urged key industry associations to take raising standards into their own hands. Opening the financial ...

AUSCOAL signs on with a burgeoning Bravura

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2006
Bravura Solutions has announced it has signed an agreement with AUSCOAL Super for the provision of Bravura's employer and member services application ePASS. Industry super fund AUSCOAL signed on to Bravura's ePASS solution in a move that sees it replacing ...

Comm Bank hedges against rising fuel costs

The Commonwealth Bank has launched a hedging product called the Commonwealth Bank Diesel Index designed to help investors control their fuel costs. "In a rising oil market, it's all about being able to budget and manage risk with more certainty. The ...