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Bassanese backs Aus eqs and LPTs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... listed property, despite some experts saying the market is overvalued. Bassanese, who publishes his economic and market research; ETF AssetMAX Report, said there isn't much need to change the allocation of the Investors' Model Portfolio as the local ...

Financial Facts rumoured to close shop

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
ING-backed research house Financial Facts is rumoured to be closing shop following the acquisition of ING's wealth management business by ANZ - a rumour an ING spokesperson has denied. Financial Facts, which provides services to advisers from Tandem ...

Realindex hits $1 bn FUM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... under a year and hired a portfolio manager. The firm, a partnership between Colonial First State and California-based Research Affiliates LLC, launched the Research Affiliates Fundamental Index methodology to the Australian market. In addition, the Realindex ...

ATO to gauge SMSF attitudes to regulation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... strengths and weaknesses of superannuation regulation. The survey is being conducted for the ATO by the Colmar Brunton research firm and will canvass the views of the regular community, employers and the superannuation industry. The main aim of the project ...

PE secondaries could be ticking time bomb

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... the secondary private equity markets as it could mirror the mega buyout bubble of 2007, according to new Watson Wyatt research. A new paper from Watson Wyatt noted that an anticipated supply-demand imbalance in this sector, that would allow buyers to ...

Global funds lose $20trn to GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
The global financial crisis wiped out nearly $20 trillion from the assets of the world's top 500 fund managers, new research found. Funds managed by the world's largest 500 fund managers fell by over 23 per cent last year to US$53.4 trillion ($60 trillion) ...

Advisers let down by MMs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... let down by under performing multi-manager investments, putting pressure on advisers to rethink how they use their fund research. Robert McGregor, asset consultant to Astarra Funds told the AFA annual conference that "you can outsource the product side ...

Macquarie buys investment bank FPK

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... presence outside of Asia-Pacific and into North America and Europe. "We plan to develop and grow FPK's valued specialist research, execution and advice and build their underwriting capacity," said Bishop. "The combination will take our combined FIG research ...

More room to slash super fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
... new data on how the country's largest super funds stack up compared to their overseas counterparts. The comprehensive research broke down their analysis based on whether the fund is corporate, retail or industry. Some analyses were also split between ...

CEOs pay steady despite GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
... the average Top 100 company CEO in Australia saw their base pay increase 6.2 percent to $1.95 million, according to new research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). The average cash pay of a CEO of a S&P/ASX 100 company in ...