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Trends in market expectations

Rainmaker Information has compiled data over the last 12 months revealing the market expectations of fund managers, banks and research houses in comparison to those of superannuation funds and master trusts. The expectations were recorded across six ...

Bravura moves to buy Syscorp

Financial services industry newcomer Bravura Solutions will purchase wealth management and portfolio administration software provider Syscorp. Bravura was formed earlier this year to purchase the wealth management applications business of CSC Australia ...

APRA to become more aggressive and sceptical

As APRA disqualifies another director in relation to the HIH fiasco, its chairman Dr John Laker said the chances of another HIH occurring would significantly be reduced under a more stringent prudential environment. "APRA as become more sceptical, more ...

Navigator gives eight funds the five star treatment

According to Navigator's annual review of the Australian equity sector only eight funds from five different fund managers justified a five star rating. The review encompassed 33 fund managers and the rating of 67 Australian equity funds. The managers ...

Offshore property a must for institutional investors

Australian institutional investors will be forced to look offshore for property investments as the local market becomes more competitive and investors become over-exposed according to Franklin Templeton Institutional managing director John Gall. According ...

Risk-return numbers fail to tell the story

The WM Company, the European performance arm of State Street, has released research finding which states information ratios have little predictive value. The group used data from between 1995 and 2003 for 2000 portfolios of UK pension funds equities ...

Australian Financial Services teams up with Russell

National financial planning group Australian Financial Services (AFS) has outsourced $180 million of investments to Russell's wholesale multi-manager funds. The outsourcing decision was made so AFS could rely on Russell's solid and consistent returns. ...

Aon signs three for $50 million boost

The Aon Master Trust has picked up three new corporate clients adding a further $50 million to the group's funds under administration. Singapore Airlines, multi-national shipping company 'K' Line and Ballarar based brake pad manufacturer Bendix Mintex ...

Alliance a work in progress

Alliance's Wholesale Australian Equity Growth Fund has experienced both strategic and personnel difficulties in recent times. The fund has underperformed its benchmark by 1.11 per cent over the last year and 4.2 per cent over the last three years ending ...

Industry super funds outperform by three times

Industry superannuation funds have outperformed their retail rivals by nearly three times and over a 40 year investment period generate 35 per cent more for members according to research data released by SuperRatings and Rainmaker Information on behalf ...