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Super funds back trustee pay disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... said Noonan. Terry McGuirk, managing director of McGuirk Management Consultants, which has been a long-time provider of research on executive pay of super funds, said that disclosure is long overdue. However, he said that the public needs to know that ...

Season's Greetings from the Financial Standard team

... time, the website will remain active and readers will still have full access to the news archives and Intelligence Unit research and analysis. We thank you for your support and look forward to discussing the issues affecting the financial services industry ...

AQR receives strong ratings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... available in an Australian registered fund format, the strategy was launched offshore in October 2008 after many years of research into the return drivers of hedge fund strategies," said Gregor Andrade, one of AQR's principals. "It's a sophisticated ...

GSJBWAM Aussie equities wins rating upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... team. "This report takes the total number of upgrades for Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management funds across the various research houses to twelve for the year and we are confident this provides significant momentum for our business," said Gardner. Standard ...

Funds under management post record jump

RAINMAKER GROUP IS THE OWNER OF FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... September 2009 quarter to reach $1.39 trillion, the biggest quarterly increase in seven years, according to the latest research from Rainmaker. Rainmaker's upbeat market report card follows the 6.5 per cent increase experienced during the June quarter ...

Universal model tough to execute

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... idea is to place members at the heart of super. However, Andrew Barr, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees research and policy manager, warns that there could be pitfalls to the model. "With the single strategy we're a bit concerned about ...

CFS promotes Fin Wisdom GM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... Whittaker Macnaught, David MacKay, general manager of Commonwealth Financial Planning and Greg Hansen, head of strategic research and advocacy. Colonial First State's advice business includes more than 1,100 financial advisers with $32 billion in funds ...

Brookvine appoints director and manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... Brookvine has appointed former Citigroup executive Greg Hickling as director, and promoted Tim Peters to the role of research manager. Hickling will play a key role as director across the full spectrum of Brookvine's activities. He joins from Citigroup ...

Super up again to $1.2 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... returns recovery as funds are now averaging +5 per cent for the year to end October, according to SelectingSuper which uses research compiled by Rainmaker. These returns contrast to the -22 per cent average annual return reported at December 2008, meaning ...

Zenith rates Antares Lodestar fund 'recommended'

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... Capital Partners, and uses a stock screening process that involves quantitative analysis and qualitative fundamental research to select stocks. The strategy allows the investment team to short sell and hold cash, which protects the portfolio in falling ...