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FSC elects deputy chairman

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... 2012. The Financial Services Council represents the interests of Australia's financial services sector, including wholesale funds management businesses, superannuation funds, life insurers, and financial advisory networks. The Council has over 130 members ...

Volatility hits managed funds despite March boost

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... grew 5.7% in the March quarter against negative growth of 3.1% across the year for a total of $79bn. In unitised wholesale funds, both Schroders Australia and Challenger managed to record double-digit annual growth in funds under management despite overall ...

Fidante Partners continues expansion with new hire

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... Capital, WaveStone Capital, Merlon, Alphinity and NovaPort Capital. Fidante's most recently acquisition was MIR, a wholesale funds manager funds specializing Asia-Pacific (ex Japan) and Greater China equities strategies, which took total FUM to $18.8bn. ...

Fidante expands Asian footprint with MIR

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... MIR was set up nine years ago by founder and managing director Michael Triguboff. The firm specialises in the wholesale funds management of Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) and Greater China equities strategies. MIR manages discrete investment portfolios ...

Bentham attracts new super mandates

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... substantially less risk than equities." Bentham's three year returns per annum to the end of March 2012 for its three wholesale funds range between; 26.8% for High Yield (non-investment grade bonds), 26.6% Global Income (with a minimum 50% Investment ...

Retail trumps wholesale in managed funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
Unitised wholesale funds have dropped 9.3% over the year against a 5.1% decline in retail funds under management, on the back of nervous investors and volatile markets. The latest analysis on the managed funds market from Plan for Life Actuaries identifies ...

BlackRock chief named QIC's new boss

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
Wholesale funds manager QIC has appointed BlackRock head and managing director Damien Frawley as chief executive. Frawley takes over from Doug McTaggart who announced last year he would be stepping down in mid-2012. At BlackRock, Frawley was responsible ...

Fund managers out-invest school kids

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... equity funds. In game two, while the student profit incidence ratio had doubled to 40%, the profit ratio for the wholesale funds jumped to 77%. The national winner of game one was James Molloy, a 15-year old Year 9 student at SCEGGS Redlands in New South ...

Ventura reduces wholesale funds cost

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
Ventura Investment Management has reduced the price for its wholesale funds by up to 25%, following the reappointment of Russell Investments as the funds' investment manager. The move follows feedback from advisers who maintained clients had become ...

FSC elects deputy chairman

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... financial services industry and a great contributor to progressive policy." The FSC represents Australia's retail and wholesale funds management businesses, superannuation funds, life insurers and financial advisory networks. Its members are responsible ...