Future of Financial Advice

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On 29 August 2011, the Government released the first tranche of draft legislation implementing these reforms entitled Corporations Amendment (Future of Financial Advice) Bill 2011.  The first tranche covered statutory... Read more continue reading

Russell: the only way up is for rates to come down

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Investment managers believe the trigger most likely to pull Australia out of its two-speed rut and stimulate recovery in the non-mining economy will be a lowering of interest rates by... Read more continue reading

BlackRock Index Fund ratings unaffected by fee reduction

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today stated that its ratings on a range of BlackRock index funds are unaffected by the manager’s announcement that it would lower its management fees... Read more continue reading

S&P places UBS Property Securities Funds ‘On Hold’

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today placed the UBS Global Property Securities Fund and UBS Property Securities Fund ‘On Hold’. This follows a change in portfolio and research responsibilities, and... Read more continue reading

PIMCO Australia hires Adam Bowe as Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager

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PIMCO, a leading global investment management firm, has hired Adam Bowe as Senior Vice President, Fixed Income Portfolio Management and Trading to bolster its team in Sydney. Mr Bowe will... Read more continue reading

Apostle announces the launch of Polar Capital in the Australian market

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Apostle Asset Management has formalised a distribution partnership with leading UK-based manager Polar Capital LLP (Polar Capital) to offer Polar Capital’s expertise in Emerging Markets and sector-specialty equity funds to... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital global infrastructure securities reaches $1 billion milestone

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The AMP Capital global infrastructure securities capability has attracted over $1 billion in funds under management since August 2010. Global investor appetite for the expected long term global growth in... Read more continue reading

S&P: Australian equity large-cap fund managers striving to stay on top

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Big brand and boutique managers alike continue to raise the bar in the quality and scope of research undertaken within the Australian equity sector, according to Standard & Poor’s Fund... Read more continue reading

S&P assigns Four-Star ‘NEW’ Rating to Advance Alternative Strategies Multi-Blend Fund

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today assigned its four-star ‘NEW’ rating to the Advance Alternative Strategies Multi-Blend Fund, which is a hybrid approach to fund-of-hedge-funds (FOHF) investing managed through a... Read more continue reading

Paragem reports growing demand for back office support

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Growing demand for risk management, compliance support and practice management systems by independent financial advisers has seen Paragem Dealer Services boost its business with two existing clients increasing the services... Read more continue reading