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AMP to raise $1 billion for 2nd infra debt fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
AMP Capital has launched a new infrastructure debt fund to institutional investors following increasing demand from Asia, Europe and North America. The AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt Fund II (IDF) invests in the subordinated debt of infrastructure ...

Advisers' client numbers down

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... active client numbers as a bad thing. "So losing those clients is not necessarily a negative, many are actively trying to focus on higher net-worth clients and service a smaller base better," he said. "That's great for planners and for those clients ...

Advisers must gravitate from engagement to guidance: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... more pressure on advisers to prove their worth, she said. Advisers need to move past the issue of engagement, and instead focus on getting their clients to actually put the financial guidance they provide into action, "empowering" them by just giving ...

Tailored income projections drive investor engagement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... experienced a decade's worth of accumulations wiped out during the GFC. Hess said one of the most direct and effective ways to focus investors and fund members on their savings goals is to show them tailored projections of what is likely to be their ...

TAL urges trustees to review default insurance benefits

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... Most funds have an emphasis on lump sum total and permanent disability (TPD) benefits - but should there be a change of focus onto income-type benefits for people who have been totally and permanently disabled? Should income protection be the main default ...

Fed Investors Inc hires new Asia Pac CEO

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... efforts to expand globally through the development of an Australia-based investment management hub. The Melbourne office will focus on regional distribution of existing Federated strategies, plus the development of new products for Australia. Bingham ...

In-house investment management risky

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
While developing an internal investment team sounds like an easy way to save fees, it's a complex governance switch that funds must understand and carefully plan. "When you bring investments in-house you turn manager 'agency risk' into a HR (human resource) ...

Outcomes-based investing is the future for wealth creation sector: AMP

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... executive said. It is no longer good enough to be satisfied with not doing as bad as an index and the industry needs to focus on outcomes-based investing before it is too late, said Sean Henaghan, investment director, multi-manager investment solutions ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... Mr Heffernan said the release of construction data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) at 1130 AEDT would be a focus for investors. National turnover was 211.1 million securities worth $411 million, with 186 stocks up, 351 down and 273 unc ...

CheckRisk LLP announces new CEO

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... expert. "CheckRisk recognises the importance of Australia and the Asian region for its client development, and the need to focus our team's energy on risk research and delivery of optimum solutions to our clients," Carroll added. Responsible for the ...