Investment staff at the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) will this week be re-interviewed for their jobs, as part of a restructure understood to have shaken staff morale.
Australian investors need to play catch-up with commodities, Macquarie says
Australia is behind the times when it comes to including commodities in balanced investment portfolios, according to new research from Macquarie Bank.
The English practice: what makes for winning advice in the UK
Boutique English firm Index Fund Advisors was recently named as the country’s top financial planning business by an industry publication. Its principals, Noel Farelly and Les Phillips, as their company name suggests, are anti-active management but their service offering has been rated above benchmark.
Commodities boom: why the consensus view is short-sighted
Booming demand from China and India, coupled with supply constraints because of years of under-investment mean that commodities prices will stay high, despite last week’s correction, for the foreseeable future. Right? Unlikely, says Bill Miller, the chairman and chief investment officer of Legg Mason Capital in the US.
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Liling relinquishes CIO role in Intech restructure
Ron Liling, the founder and largest shareholder of Intech Investment Consulting, will take a step back from management, relinquishing his chief investment officer role, in a restructure aimed at lifting the firm’s capacity to produce more complex structured investment strategies and products
Challenger downsizes IWL interest
The Challenger small caps fund sold down its shareholding in IWL last week from 7.43 per cent to 6.33 per cent.
Aberdeen beats the tax man
The Aberdeen Financials Fund has emerged as the most tax-efficient Australian equity product, according to a new study by Navigator Research.
Direct property market due for refurbishment
A predicted slump in the property market will transform the behaviour of fund managers in the sector, delegates at the seventh annual the Australian Direct Property Industry Association (ADPIA) were told yesterday.
