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BTFG cash earnings down, FUM increases

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
BT Financial Group has reported first-half cash earnings of $294 million, down 19% on the previous half and 14% on the prior corresponding period. Chief executive Brad Cooper attributed the decline to one-off expenses and external market factors, including ...

Challenger AUM jumps 16pct

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... Challenger's funds management business maintained strong inflows, particularly into fixed income products. The group's boutique FUM increased a further $1.5 billion or 9% for the quarter resulting in total boutique FUM of $17.8 billion as at March 31 ...

SWFs jump 16% to $4.62tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... is expected to continue, he said. According Rainmaker, Australia's de facto SWF the Future Fund, holds only about 5% of its FUM in private equity instead showing a preference for hedge funds to gain its alternatives exposure.

ACT super account takes $450m GFC hit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... suffering a $450 million investment income shortfall over the past five years. The fund, now estimated to hold $2.2 billion in FUM, was established in 1997 when proceeds from asset sales by the territory government were placed into a dedicated fiscal ...

GMO shuts Aus equities

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... giving no further comment at this stage on the rationale behind the decision. Rainmaker research puts funds under management (FUM) of Australian equities at $1.65bn as at December 31, 2011. The figure represents a steady decline in FUM for the manager ...

SWFs have liabilities to manage too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... is to manage windfall export income from oil reserves as these funds account for half of all SWFs and represent 56% of all FUM.

Platform FUM plummets by $16.5bn

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
Platform funds under management nosedived $16.5bn over the year to December 2011, under pressure from volatile markets. The overall Masterfund market now sits at $411.3bn according to new data from Plan For Life, which was broken down into wraps, platforms ...

ESG RA Awards celebrate industry achievers

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... Research Australia has 43 members including 32 fund managers, 15 super funds and 2 asset consultants, representing $100bn of FUM.

More infra investors going direct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... investment research group Preqin found that 89% of top 100 infrastructure investors that represent US$920 billion in combined FUM remain committed to unlisted funds but almost two-thirds are now considering direct placement. But only about one-quarter ...

China FUM rise challenges Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
Australia and Japan currently make up half the Asia region mutual fund market, but China's rapid rise could change the dynamic and create new opportunities for investment managers able to tailor their distribution models. Mutual fund assets across the ...