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Aussie quant funds stay ahead with proprietary data

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... already happened in the hedge fund space," she said. Gorman said quantitative fund managers must develop proprietary research to differentiate themselves from the market. "A lot of quant funds use broker data, which is used by everyone in the market ...

Macquarie buys Rismark stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... Funds Group has acquired a 53 per cent stake in Rismark, a Sydney-based residential real estate funds management and research group. MFG bought the shareholding for an undisclosed price. According to an ASX statement, MFG will provide Rismark with global ...

Tone down fund rivalry: Clitheroe

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... appreciate it if you took your competitive hats for a second and worry about... underlying consumers," he said. Clitheroe said research has shown consumers are increasingly aware of the need to improve their handling of money and savings. The problem ...

Singapore HNWs to pour funds into equities

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
Singapore-based fixed income fund managers could be on notice after research of local high net worth (HNW) investors found they're preparing to reallocate funds out of cash to equities and alternative investments. Datamonitor research found fixed income ...

Van Eyk loses two, names GM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... moving to Mercer while a former Macquarie exec joins the fold. Mercer hired Long and Fitzgerald to provide advisory and research services to financial planning organisations, private banks and platforms. Long will lead the wealth management team in Australia ...

Fee-for-service advice made easy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
A financial services research firm has come up with a simple step-by-step process that allows financial planning dealer groups to find out the cost of providing fee for service advice. Business Health's six step process begins with determining what ...

HESTA hires Hermes for intl ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
HESTA has appointed Hermes Equity Ownership Services (EOS) to provide environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and voting services on international share investments. Hermes EOS' appointment does not impact its agreement with Regnan, which ...

Lonsec approves high income ETF

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... noted Russell's investment process is thorough and well developed and high regards the firm's investment personnel and research. Amanda Skelly, director of product development at Russell, said the firm would roll out a series of ETFs during the year. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... which said regional manufacturing expanded for an eleventh straight month in June. Technology stocks got a boost after research firm International Data Corporation said it expects the personal computer market will grow 20 per cent this year. Microsoft ...

AMP unveils new super ad campaign

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... promotes the lowest cost entry-level AMP Flexible Super Core to consumers wanting a simple, low cost super option. "Consumer research told us that some people want greater flexibility and simplicity with their super so we launched this new super product ...