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HBOS CEO damps hopes of UK bid for Abbey

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2004
HBOS chief executive James Crosby dampened hopes of a UK bid for Abbey National on Wednesday as he forecast strong HBOS performance in 2004 and 2005 after a rise in first-half profits. Crosby said a bid for Abbey by HBOS or a UK rival was unlikely after ...

Retail super versus industry fund, take your pick; InTech

InTech Financial Services on Tuesday released the first results of a new quarterly survey attempting to compare performance results across the range of superannuation funds revealing mixed results over a short and long-term period. InTech surveyed 63 ...

Avanteos tops $2bln FUA

Commonwealth Bank-owned wholesale wrap manufacturer Avanteos announced strong inflows during the previous six months had driven its funds under administration past the $2 billion mark. Avanteos chief executive officer Serg Premier said the inflows had ...

Finance firm to launch India's first Islamic mutual fund

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2004
Indian finance firm Parsoli Corp will launch the country\'s first Islamic mutual fund, conforming with Sharia law, which prohibits earnings from interest. Ahmedabad-headquartered Parsoli Corporation will put its global mutual fund units on sale in the ...

Morony comes out fighting to defend his CSS/PSS

CSS/PSS chief investment officer has come out fighting to defend his fund\'s investment performance after media reports last week labeled the fund performance "extremely disappointing". The Canberra Times reported last week that CSS/PSS would be crediting ...

Choice of fund manager matters; Mercer

Active fund managers outperformed the benchmark by just 0.1% in the 2003/2004 financial year, below expectations, especially after allowance for fees, Mercer Investment Consulting said in its latest fund manger survey. But the choice of fund manager ...

Macquarie invests $40mln in four new hedge and specialist funds

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2004
Macquarie Bank invested $40 million in four new hedge and specialist funds, offering wholesale investors the chance to invest alongside the bank. Australia\'s biggest investment bank said it established a new business, Macquarie Newton Specialist Funds ...

Coonan warns against retrospective super legislation

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2004
Federal Assistant Treasurer Helen Coonan said on Monday she sympathised with people locked into superannuation policies by high exit fees, but warned it would be difficult to legislate retrospectively to address the situation. Senator Coonan\'s comments ...

S&P says working to understand changes to LPT indices

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2004
Standard & Poor\'s said on Monday it is working with rated managers to understand how material changes to benchmark indices in the listed property trust (LPT) sector would affect their ability to add value under existing investment mandates. S&P said ...

LPT's generating greater risk; RetireInvest

RetireInvest research manager Margaret Callinan says despite the dream run for listed property trusts (LPT's) during the previous few years, the changing investment profile has meant listed property is now a riskier asset class than was the case 10 ...