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Big obstacles for funds going it alone on PE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
Private equity (PE) returns may be stronger than we think and while this is attracting super funds to direct their own PE investment placements, this approach is not for everybody, reveals new research from McKinsey & Company. The global management ...

Former CFSGAM exec joins Frontier Advisors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
Industry fund-owned asset consultant Frontier Advisors has appointed former head of Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) Property Tim Stringer as a senior consultant in its real assets team. Stringer, who moves to Frontier from a position ...

Time to be fearful?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... will roll. But nah...the United States of America is a democracy and it's the gerrymandered majority that rules. While the Big O's Democratic Party has the numbers in the Senate - 52 against the GOP's 46 (and 2 Independents) - he's short of yes men in ...

Post-Bernanke uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... bears could use this emerging uncertainty to pounce anew and scare the pants off you, I and Irene. Then again, short of the Big O appointing lunatics or terrorists to the Fed, we now know that it pays to go a-shopping when the bears go a-scaring. Too ...

IM focus at slimmed down Russell

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
The Australian market's political cost-cutting agenda is to blame for the loss of swathes of financial services jobs, according to Russell Investments managing director Alan Schoenheimer, who is refocusing Russell's business on its investment management ...

No middle ground post-FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
Will FoFA be the death-knell for mid-size financial services companies? Industry experts predict that some segments could lose out come July. Talking at the 18th Financial Standard Sales and Marketing Forum, National Australia Bank (NAB) head of asset ...

Down, down, dollar down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
Down, down A$ is down. Here's looking at you, parity. Was it the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)'s 25 basis pint reduction in the official cash rate last week and RBA Governor Stevens' promise to do more "should that be necessary to support demand" ...

Big deal day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
Ho-hum. Wake me up when it's over. "Twas another ordinary day in the market's today folks. The only news being the long wait for US President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. According to Bloomberg, "He will make proposals for spending on ...

ASX rally won't last: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
The stock market will not maintain its recent momentum through 2013, says Ben Heap managing director UBS (Aust/NZ). Buoyed by renewed confidence in the global economy, higher commodities prices and the US clawing its way back from the edge of the fiscal ...

Industry funds to concentrate on direct distribution

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
After enjoying a stranglehold on Awards, one of the biggest challenges facing Industry super funds now will be direct distribution, said Sunsuper boss Tony Lally. "We [industry funds] relied on Award distribution, and now, for us it is about preserving ...