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RARE Infra doubles assets, boosts staff

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
Homegrown fund manager RARE's investment strategies have worked so well the group has doubled its assets to $6 billion in less than two years. The group's FUM climbed from $2.9 billion two years ago to $6 billion this year, RARE head of distribution ...

Shortage of reliable Aussie income products

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... the most volatile asset class and usually scaled back in the lead up to retirement, Birtles says analysis should actually focus on volatility of the income stream. Cash, for instance, has among the strongest capital preservation attributes but in the ...

Hostplus awards $100m global equity mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... Standard can reveal. The Edinburgh-based fund manager's investment approach centres around global equity portfolios which focus on sustainable long-term dividends as well as capital growth. The investment brings total funds under management in the portfolio ...

CommInsure expands income protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
CommInsure has come up with a new product that takes income protection one step further, paying totally and permanently disabled clients a 100% of their income. While traditionally insurance companies only pay 75% of income in these cases, CommeInsure ...

Australia is world leader in treasury: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Australia has one of the most sophisticated treasury markets in the world and is the leader of the Asia Pacific region, according to the preliminary results of a survey by technology provider Sungard and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The full research ...

Voting opens for the 2013 Rainmaker Excellence Awards

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
A record number of nominations have been received for the 2013 Rainmaker Excellence Awards. Voting opens today. Among the awards to be handed out are Rainmaker Marketer of the Year (Superannuation), Rainmaker Marketer of the Year (Investment Management) ...

Quantum makes T1 bonds available to retail investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
Fund manager Quantum has launched a product that allows retail investors to access some of the high yielding T1 bonds issued by the four major trading banks. "This is the opportunity that we saw - to release a product that gave retail investors the ...

AMP Capital appoints new Asian portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
AMP Capital has appointed a new portfolio manager to its Asian equities desk in Hong Kong. Andy Peng will analyse the telecoms, utilities and healthcare sectors for the Pan Asia portfolio as well as consumer discretionary for the Asia ex-Greater China ...

Zurich launches automated risk data feed

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... progressively adapt it to other financial planning systems in the coming months. "With recent research revealing an increased focus on efficiency will be the single biggest expected outcome of upcoming FoFA reforms, the timing is perfect for giving advisers ...

CFS FirstWrap regains platform top spot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... offering the right products and solutions to financial planners." Peker added that with FoFA requirements now clearer, the focus is turning to improving planners' business efficiency and helping them add demonstrable value to their clients.