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SMAs drive interest into concentrated Australian equity funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Separately managed account growth is driving interest in the concentrated Australian equity fund sector, research house Lonsec has said. Lin Ngin, senior investment analyst for Lonsec, said there had been an increase in concentrated strategies, with ...

Super returns crash below 5%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... dragged rolling ASX returns down from 11.9% at end June to just 3% at end July. The results are contained in the August research bulletin released by Rainmaker. Rainmaker is the researcher behind SelectingSuper. The researcher said direct property meanwhile ...

Financial Standard launches iPad app

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... in the app through the 'Breaking News' section when connected to wireless Internet. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and published in the print edition ...

Mercer plans for post FOFA advice dominance

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
Mercer, a global industry all-rounder in research, consulting and investment funds, has its sights firmly set on the Australian financial advice industry, with plans to become a dominant player within the next decade. In its target of the retail market ...

Challenger taps CFSGAM head for retirement product

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... thinking in retirement products and has hired Colonial First State Global Asset Management's former head of investment research for a newly created position. Aaron Minney has been appointed as head of retirement income research at the annuity-providing ...

FOFA divides on commission

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... feature of our compulsory super system," said David Whiteley, ISN chief executive. Whiteley echoed recent Roy Morgan research, which found some 60% of super fund members have never used a financial planner, with ISN estimating three million Australians ...

AllianceBernstein expands Value Investment team

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
AllianceBernstein Australia has appointed Anthony Moran to the Bernstein Australian Value team as a research analyst. Moran will be covering construction, building materials and infrastructure and extends the AllianceBernstein footprint in Australian ...

US housing market needs renovation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
Until the US housing market starts to right itself it's unlikely US consumers are going to gain too much confidence and without confidence the chance of economic recovery will remain a forlorn dream. House prices are still down 32% from their 2006 peak ...

Media Super $30m alpha mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
Media Super has awarded Aurora Funds Limited a $30 million mandate as the super fund pursues a more suitable strategy for the modern, volatile market. The mandate was invested in the Aurora Fortitude Absolute Return Strategy, which Media Super selected ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... markets' gloomy mood to back up their beliefs. But - again - the indicators watched by the National Bureau of Economic Research (the guys responsible for dating US recessions) still don't show a recession is looming. Let's have a look. US real retail ...