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Standard Life Inv Absolute Return Bond fund open to Aussie investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
Standard Life Investments (SLI) is looking to build on the success of its top-selling Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) fund by making its Absolute Return Global Bond Strategies fund available to Australian investors. Like GARS, the Absolute ...

Research reveals gender gap in share appetite

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
Women under the age of 35 have a greater preference for shares than their male counterparts, according to the latest findings of the CFSGAM-UWA Business School Equity Preference Index (EPI). The research, conducted jointly between Colonial First State ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... just ended is also due out. In equities news, Coca-Cola Amatil holds its annual general meeting, Orica chief executive Ian Smith is scheduled to address an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch while Virgin Australia launches a new regional ...

Australian Islamic finance presents opportunities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
Less than one per cent of investment products in Australia are Shariah compliant, suggesting huge opportunities for fund managers blazing the trail in this segment. The Muslim Community Co-operative Australia manages a Shariah compliant property income ...

REI and Club Plus get MySuper green light

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... fees that meets legislative requirements and default levels of insurance from 1 July 2013," REI Super chief executive Mal Smith said. Club Plus Super aims to have its MySuper product up and running by 1 July. While MySuper offerings will be available ...

Islamic finance forum to discuss Shariah growth opps

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
The Amanie Australian Islamic Finance Forum will be held at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Melbourne on 16 April. Amanie Advisors Australia has recently become one of the first specialist Shariah advisory bodies to be granted an AFSL licence this country. ...

Fund stalwarts draw $6bn in Aus equities mandates

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
Of the $10 billion worth of mandates handed out to Australian equity managers in the past 12 months, a staggering $5.97 billion has been given to just three investment houses, data from Rainmaker Information can reveal. The three fund managers, which ...

Simple funds should avoid excessive regulation: Equity Trustees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
Funds that invest in complex instruments should face more stringent regulation than those that strive for simplicity, according to Equity Trustees head of corporate and fiduciary services Harvey Kalman. Kalman warns that despite the collective investment ...

Act now to capitalise on Asian fixed income migration: Omega

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
Asian bond markets offer superior returns at a lower level of risk than their European and US counterparts, according to Omega Global Investors. Falling cash rates in Australia are widely expected to act as the catalyst for a large migration into fixed ...

AIST champions more women on Super boards

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
The chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) Fiona Reynolds has called upon super funds to appoint more female directors in a bid for greater gender diversity and equality. The peak body for Australia's $500 billion ...