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Stanford Brown tops Genesys awards

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... managing director Paul Robertson acknowledged Stanford Brown's professionalism across all areas of its business, from the quality of their advice to the standard of their client service and business strategy. Sacha Sanders from Potential Private Wealth ...

ESG RA to award best stockbroking research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... superannuation funds, fund managers and asset consultants which has the single objective of increasing the amount and quality of stockbroker research in Australia that includes consideration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Those ...

Quality of Spain and Poland belies credit rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
Poland, Chile and Spain look a better bet than the US and UK for institutional investors' sovereign debt portfolios, according to a new research report from AXA Investment Management. The investment house has developed a new framework for analysing ...

ASIC cancels national planning firm's license

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell. "AAA Financial Intelligence was found to have an appalling record that put at risk the quality of advice it provided to retail clients." He added: "The cancellation of AAA's license demonstrates ASIC's commitment to ensuring ...

NAB Private Wealth best in Aus

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2013
... the Asia-Pacific region. Furthermore, it can be attributed to the importance we put on serving our clients and the quality of our people," she said. "Investment banks have historically dominated the private banking market, particularly in Asia. However ...

ASIC eyes off researchers

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... research providers such as analysts and research houses. "In recent times there have been serious concerns about the quality of research issued by research providers, particularly in light of various investment failures that had been rated highly," said ...

La Trobe mortgage fund scoops industry award

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... both financial planners and retail investors," Andrews continued. Andrews said the key to the PMO's success lay in the quality of the assets it holds. "Unlike our competitors, the fund is not exposed to massive commercial construction projects but rather ...

New multi-sector portfolio manager for Perpetual

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... excess of $5 billion across the range of Perpetual Balanced Funds. Zenith Investment Partners recently recognised the quality of the Opportunity Funds awarding a Recommended rating in the review conducted in June 2012.

Prime real estate no longer attractive: LaSalle

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
With the upside from prime commercial real estate looking decidedly limited, investors need to widen the net if they want capital growth from their property portfolio, according to LaSalle's Paul Guest. Global risk aversion since the onset of the financial ...

Beware complex absolute return funds: Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
As absolute return funds grow in popularity, investors must be wary of exposing to products they don't fully understand, according to Lonsec. A wealth of new outcome-based equity products has sprung up in recent years, capitalising on the disappointing ...