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Mid-sized licensees to disappear: CoreData

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... by opportunistic licensees as the rate of acquisition will rise while new forms of advice will reign, according to a research paper from CoreData. In its "Licensee of the Future" white paper, CoreData states that the traditional dealer group model is ...

Regulators chase social media

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
The global investment world's use of social media has outpaced the regulators with a new research paper detailing the current state of this market and the required actions from advisers, dealer groups and investment managers to successfully navigate ...

European DC Pension market to hit A$3.7tr by 2015

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... managers and product providers must expand their thinking about product to keep up. In their latest report on the sector, research group Cerulli said that while the European retirement savings market is still dominated by defined benefit plans, defined ...

AllianceBernstein adds Aust manager to Asia Pacific team

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... Singapore and Australia." The Asia Pacific Fixed Income team is an integrated part of AllianceBernstein's global fixed-income research and portfolio management platform. AllianceBernstein's total global asset under management at September 30 2011 for ...

Forum: Women driving change

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... children still a pressing issue for many. "Men don't have to make that decision," noted one executive. According to McKinsey research from 2009, men have a nine times better chance of reaching executive level than women, despite equal numbers entering ...

ESG adds value but in moderation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... management can boost returns and control risk provided it's done intelligently and is not taken to excess, finds new research from Plato Investment Management. But not getting the balance right detracts from returns, increases tracking errors, risks ...

WHK appoints Mercer, Macquarie Private Wealth

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
Large accountancy firm, WHK, has appointed Mercer and Macquarie Private Wealth to provide research and execution support to the $6 billion firm while a new head of research was also named. As a result of an extensive market review, WHK appointed Mercer ...

Legg Mason appoints Senior Research Analyst

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
Legg Mason Australian Equities has appointed Andrew Chambers as senior research analyst covering listed property, infrastructure and utilities. Chambers will report to head of research Michael Slack and will provide research support to portfolio manager ...

Illiquid assets boost returns: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... with strong cash flows and when such assets are managed properly they result in higher investment returns, reveals new research from superannuation regulator APRA. In a research paper released yesterday, APRA found, "not-for-profit funds which are larger ...

DST Global launches data management platform in Australia

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... more frequent reporting increase," said Philip Hogan, managing director, Asia Pacific for DST Global Solutions. "Our research and development has focused on creating a faster, systematic path to information that enables investment firms to consolidate ...