FuturePlus CIO is crowing about new office

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FuturePlus CIO is crowing about new office

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Volatility – the asset class and how to use it

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Drawing on his previous experience as a super fund executive, and his current role running distribution for (among other things) a global volatility fund, DENIS CARROLL addressed a recent CIE Conference on the potential role for volatility-based products in future portfolio construction. Here’s an abridged version of his talk.


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Volatility – the asset class and how to use it

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Merger tax break spurs Suncorp-Asteron clean-up

Suncorp Wealth Management has  taken advantage of the Government’s  temporary waiver of capital loss crystallisation  on successor fund transfers to  dramatically simplify its retirement  savings offerings, reducing the number  of unit prices it cuts daily from 1000 to 150. 


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DST follows clients with global restructure

DST International has renamed and restructured itself to become DST Global Solutions, reflecting the fact its largest custodian and funds manager clients are now global players, while it’s also embraced the ‘software as a service’ delivery model over the ‘application service provider’ approach. Returning to work last month after some weeks spent recovering from illness, DST’s Australian CEO Ian Mathieson also predicted that administration of super funds and platforms would be the firm’s biggest growth area in the short-term.


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DST follows clients with global restructure

DST International has renamed and restructured itself to become DST Global Solutions, reflecting the fact its largest custodian and funds manager clients are now global players, while it’s also embraced the ‘software as a service’ delivery model over the ‘application service provider’ approach. Returning to work last month after some weeks spent recovering from illness, DST’s Australian CEO Ian Mathieson also predicted that administration of super funds and platforms would be the firm’s biggest growth area in the short-term.

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Currency alpha is only for the careful

Foreign exchange has been a rare source of positive return recently, but investors shouldn’t expect a dazzling choice of managers, writes The Cambridge Strategy’s chief executive PETE HENRICKS. One of the few asset classes to perform in recent times has been foreign exchange. Managers in this space have delivered positive returns to investors, whether wholesale or retail. In particular, it has been institutional investors that chose to opt for this “asset class” that have warmly welcomed the positive returns, especially in last year’s volatile investment climate.


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Currency alpha is only for the careful

Foreign exchange has been a rare source of positive return recently, but investors shouldn’t expect a dazzling choice of managers, writes The Cambridge Strategy’s chief executive PETE HENRICKS. One of the few asset classes to perform in recent times has been foreign exchange. Managers in this space have delivered positive returns to investors, whether wholesale or retail. In particular, it has been institutional investors that chose to opt for this “asset class” that have warmly welcomed the positive returns, especially in last year’s volatile investment climate.

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