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Affluence launches new fee model to help investors and charity

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... returns so we're backing ourselves and saying we'll only get paid if we perform," Mr Wilson said. The failure of most fund managers to structure their fees based on performance reflected their desire to maximise fees even where they don't perform. "Fund ...

Infocus purchases another advice business

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... the group's two AFSL holders. It also manages eight sector-specific multi-manager funds through subsidiary Alpha Fund Managers, and licenses proprietary CRM and practice management software to support financial advisers.

Infrastructure pricing reshaping investment landscape

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... say one advantage of the mid-market debates is that there are more transactions there and what that means is more fund managers can potentially be choosier for investments where they have the competitive advantage." IFM Investors executive director Janice ...

Industry groups slam SEC plan to limit derivatives

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... to many bond funds which use derivatives to increase their exposure to the market; as the financial tools used by fund managers include derivative contracts like swaps which transfer risk between the fund and other financial institutions. There are also ...

Active management tax effects erode investor returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
Any pre-tax alpha gained by active fund managers can be absorbed by detrimental tax effects according to new research from the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR). Continuing its research in active management, CIFR has examined the ...

Small caps beating blue chips: Lonsec

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... sustained equity value declines. In this case, growth from industrial shares have bolstered small cap indices, and fund managers have been able to provide better returns for investors." Lonsec's research also found that despite perceptions about higher ...

Managed funds back on the menu for investors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Domestic market volatility has driven investors back to professional fund managers, according to Investment Trends Research. Based on a survey of 9,793 Australian investors, Investment Trends' 2015 Investor Product Needs Report notes that although unlisted ...

Perpetual retains RBC Investor & Treasury Services

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... operating in Australia." RBC Investor & Treasury Services has provided investment administration outsourcing services to fund managers in Australia for over 14 years.

ASIC calls out weak conflict policy in vertical business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... IDPS-like structure), investment administration and custody business." The research focused on 12 "significant" fund managers, and found that while many participants "[appeared] to take their conflicts managements obligations seriously... it appears ...

Crowe Horwath and AVCAL enter education partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... Crowe Horwath will be carried out with the active involvement of a number of private equity and venture capital fund managers, who will share their first-hand investment experience with course participants," El-Ansary said. Findex global head of business ...