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StatewideSuper appoints JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... uptrend again recently. The tenders were assessed on a number of criteria including organisation structure, personnel, research capability and historical performance. The candidates' reporting capability, asset management skills, pricing, approach to ...

SMSF advisers back FOFA call to upskill

SPAA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... Future of Financial Advice Reforms - while 6 out of 10 advisers agree SMSF auditors should be registered with ASIC, new research shows. According to the 2010 SPAA Technical Conference Advisor Survey, which surveyed more than 300 SMSF advisers including ...

Core and satellite approach not bulletproof: study

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... passive core with aggressive satellite managers is at long odds to succeed, according to the findings of a new study. The research, conducted by Ankura Capital, has raised serious questions over the suitability of the multi-manager approach favoured ...

Dimensional Aus hires two

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... appointed portfolio manager, joining the firm from JPMorgan, where he previously served as executive director of quantitative research. Reif has 16 years experience in portfolio management and research in both Australia and the US. He previously held ...

Fearing September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
Summer has ended - in the Northern Hemisphere that is. But the uncertainty that has befallen Wall Street through the sunny season has not gone away - nor does it look like going anywhere anytime soon. Wall Street may have produced a positive performance ...

Fiduciary duty goes beyond APLs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... list (APL) doesn't mean they have fulfilled their fiduciary duty - prompting top researchers to talk about the role of research behind APLs. Karla Borland, vice president, funds analyst at Credit Suisse Private Banking and panelist at last week's annual ...

Australians up on luck, down on savings

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
A new report adds to mounting research that many Australians are ill-prepared for retirement with only one in 10 likely to have enough money to maintain their lifestyle once they quit the rat race. The Investment Trends September 2009 Retirement Income ...

Spoilt for investment choice

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
When it comes to the number of investment options offered by super funds, Australians say 'less is more', research shows. More than half the 1,300 respondents in the survey by super fund legalsuper said the fund's menu of 11 investment options was "about ...

Subscriber-pays ratings approach more critical: van Eyk

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Research houses that are not paid by fund managers for their product ratings are 2.4 times more likely to critically assess the performance of those managers, said van Eyk chief executive, Mark Thomas. In a speech to the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium ...

Yuan revaluation drives hedge fund flows

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... to take advantage of China's moves towards increased currency flexibility, according to a note by US-based Hedge Fund Research. Asian hedge funds experienced net inflows of $360 million in the second quarter, reversing the net asset outflows experienced ...