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Non-aligned licensee inquiries to rise in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... with more regulatory certainty, more consumer awareness and better economic conditions, advisers are looking for alternatives. This is a business cycle that we have seen before." Canopy Private director Christopher Bates left his job as an authorised ...

CBA appoints litigators as customer advocates

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... in contacting the customers of independently owned Financial Wisdom practices, but will continue to pursue various alternatives to contact past customers of both businesses." CBA did not confirm media reports that chairman David Turner and chief executive ...

Future Fund reaches $104bn, earns 14pct

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... other alternative and non-mainstream assets accounting for the remaining 31%. The high international equities and alternatives weighting reflect its objectives as a sovereign fund and its intention to minimise home country risks, noted Rainmaker. Illustrating ...

FEATURE: Quenching the thirst for income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... prudent for savvy investors to look beyond traditional sources of income and consider some of the less well-known alternatives in a bid to find an untapped well of attractive and sustainable income. For the full story, download the September 22 issue ...

Cbus, NZ Super join Mercer climate change risk study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... study is part of a surge in interest in the risks of fossil fuel investment and the potential to invest in low carbon alternatives. Yesterday Financial Standard reported that 348 institutional investors worth more than US$24 trillion, including Colonial ...

Hedge fund allocators pick unstable funds

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... over US$8.2 billion on FRM's managed account platform. The company is one of the largest independent European based alternatives specialists managing commingled funds and advising institutional clients.

How to win family office mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... the process for inclusion can take years. With the exception of Wolf Capital, which already has a 25% allocation to alternatives, each family office exec said they were likely to increase their allocations to hedge funds in the future, though they said ...

FUM breaks thru $2tr

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... market. This penetration still lags the 29% level observed in the US but the gap is closing. While FUM allocated to the alternatives segment increased to 17% of the broad market not all alternatives segments shared the upside with hedge fund decreasing ...

Throw out relative performance tables: Finsia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... projected replacement rate (i.e. projected annuity income divided by projected final salary) were all suggested as alternatives to the current focus on annualised returns over one, three, five and 10 years. According to Finsia, moving to these measures ...

Crisis deepens for van Eyk Blueprint funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
The van Eyk Blueprint Alternatives Fund and van Eyk Blueprint Alternatives Plus Fund are the only surviving products remaining in the Blueprint series following the decision by Macquarie to terminate a further nine portfolios that it acts as responsible ...