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Mortgage funds shouldn't sit on cash: AUI

Mortgage fund managers who hold a large chunk of their portfolio in cash will struggle to meet their performance targets and therefore can't justify their fees, according to Australian Unity Investments (AUI). Australian Unity Investments' head of mortgages ...

FinLit database to identify gaps and overlaps

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
Following the launch of the UnderstandingMoney campaign, the Financial Literacy Foundation is now setting up a database of financial literacy programs while also expanding its programs into vocational education. The Foundation is also now compiling ...

PE investments - trustees must understand the risks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
The race for better investment returns is pushing super funds into alternatives strategies that are badly understood by some trustees, said the Australian Prudential and Regulation Commission (APRA). Ross Jones, APRA deputy chairman told the recent ...

Netwealth expands into SMSF servicing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
The netwealth group, already one of the most flexible platform groups in the market, has added yet more features with the acquisition of a Self Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF) administration business. Michael Heine, managing director of netwealth ...

Funds must make it easier to amalgamate small accounts: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
Treasurer Peter Costello, speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) conference this week, said the superannuation industry must work harder to make amalgamations of small accounts easier. "Kids have got a whole lot of part-time ...

Fund advertising is essential: Retailers Assoc

The Australian Retailers Association, the employer group that is the principal sponsor of the public offer industry fund REST, has told the Senate Super Inquiry that post-choice super funds have no choice but to advertise. "Advertising is an essential  ...

Two key roles filled for ipac

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
AXA-owned ipac has announced the appointment of a new head of ipac investment services and a new chief investment officer to fill the shoes left by outgoing senior executives as it lays the foundations for growth into the latter part of the decade. ...

DeAM chases alpha in fixed income

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
The alpha trend has stepped neatly over to the fixed income space, with Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) being the latest fund manager to announce the roll-out of a new high yield fixed income fund. The announcement comes only a week after global fund ...

Thou shalt inherit an empty piggy bank

It's not just the hyena laugh or the eye twitch. A new study has found that parents tend to pass their bad money habits to their children too. A survey of 1,125 Australians conducted by a company that makes money box containers, Money Ed Box, has found ...

XPLAN scores again

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2006
In yet another step in the expansion of the XPLAN footprint, Australian Investment and Financial Planners (AI&FP) has announced it will be rolling out XPLAN to its entire group over the next three months. In announcing the partnership, AI&FP managing ...