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Managed accounts hold trumpcard

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
As investors get jittery about their portfolios after Opes Prime and Lift Capital's collapse, the inherent feature of investors retaining beneficial ownership of their shares has become a key selling point for separately managed accounts (SMAs), industry ...

Private wealth managers bank on CRM

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
The need for bigger and better integrated customer management technologies is on the increase as private wealth managers jostle for a bigger share of the high net worth investors market. Eric Moore, director of sales and marketing at StayinFront Australia ...

Emerging market funds to be rated on sustainability

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
Emerging markets (EM) fund managers may soon have to incorporate better environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies into their investments if they wish to receive a high sustainability rating from the World Bank. IFC, the private sector division ...

Telstra Super eyes distressed debt

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
Telstra Super has committed more funds in distressed debt strategies in the past six months, echoing industry sentiment that the time may be ripe to look at assets hit by sub-prime. Nicole Connolly, Telstra Super portfolio manager for alternative assets ...

No standards, no deal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
Eight out of ten UK pension funds said they would favour a hedge fund manager who has complied with the Hedge Fund Best Practice Standards, according to a KPMG survey. The survey was conducted in conjunction with the Hedge Fund Working Group (HFWG). ...

Bad genes won't hurt insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
A proposed government ruling in the US will prevent insurers and employers from discriminating against people based on their genetic test results. According to the Washington Post, the US Senate has passed the Genetic Information Non-discrimination ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher this morning following gains on Wall Street and stronger base metals prices on Friday. At 0722 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was 90 points higher at 5,694. Today ...

CPI, housing affordability and oil bills

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
Yesterday's CPI spike just made fighting inflation and housing affordability that little bit harder but at least it will help the country pay for its oil import bill. Inflation rising 4.2 per cent, above what most market economists were expecting, is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher this morning after US stocks increased as a range of technology companies posted better-than-expected results. Gains may be limited as most base metals, gold and silver declined overnight. Oil was ...

Sovereigns in a league of their own

Assets in sovereign wealth funds are set to grow to more than $18.4 trillion in 10 years, according to Morgan Stanley data, with Australia's Future Fund making the top ten list by fund size. Fears that sovereign funds could potentially overstep their ...