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Yes to commissions, no to shelf fees

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
The joint parliamentary committee on corporations and financial services has delivered a 266-page report arguing against the removal of commissions on super products but calling for greater transparency and the removal of shelf fees. Tabled in parliament ...

PE driving improved corporate governance: CHAMP

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
... to David F. Jones, managing director of CHAMP Private Equity. Speaking at the 2007 WestLB Mellon Asset Management Round Table, Jones said that companies in the current private equity buyout climate were being forced to work harder to avoid becoming targets. ...

Good times keep rolling for ASX funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
... it seems concentrated portfolios were the winners. "Of the large-cap fund managers, the top two performers in the league table employed concentrated strategies. The SGH20 fund managed by SG Hiscock, which holds only 20 stocks and has a growth bias, achieved ...

Call for papers

The Financial Standard is calling papers for the upcoming editions of the Journal of Financial Planning and the Journal of Investment Strategy. The Journal of Financial Planning publishes papers on the topics of applied financial planning, consumer ...

Four international funds added to Zenith recommended list

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
As part of its International Shares Sector Review, Zenith has added four funds to its recommended list from managers Schroders, Platinum and Acadian. The review named 29 recommended funds, including the four new additions of the Schroders Global Active ...

Another stellar year for the index

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
... per cent, only 50 basis points ahead of telecommunications services at 40.1 per cent. Energy, despite being bottom of the table, still delivered a respectable 21.1 per cent. The rebalance in June this year also saw the introduction of eligible foreign-domiciled ...

Industry funds show strongest growth in assets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
Industry super funds continue to grow, driven by returns, their extra value and members making the switch, said David Whiteley, executive manager of the Industry Super Network. Whiteley said industry funds showed the strongest growth in assets for the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... time, the central bank signalled it would remain on guard about inflation, which would take an interest-rate cut off the table. After the decision, the major indices swung rapidly from being little changed to moderately higher, only to swoop lower, climb ...

Super returns climb back driven by global shares, property

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
Improving international equities and property markets have helped super funds recover their returns to an average 12.2 per cent for the year to end April, up from 10 per cent as at end March, according to SelectingSuper. In the latest SelectingSuper ...

A new way for AMP fixed interest

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... we've had such a good run out of equities, such a good run out of property, we're just taking a couple of cards off the table and being a little bit more defensive,'" said Vianova's managing director, Bryan Madden. "Investors are now taking steps to ...