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RBC Dexia wins Superfund mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
RBC Dexia has won a mandate from managed futures fund provider Superfund to give fund administration, custody and shareholder registry services to five master and feeder funds marketed to Asian investors. "With Asia being a specific part of our growth ...

Dixon to list corporate bond funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
Dixon Advisory & Superannuation Service is seeking to list three of its corporate bond funds on the ASX. Alex MacLachlan, head of funds management at Dixon Advisory and a director of the funds, said it's very difficult for small investors to buy a portfolio ...

GESB hires two investment strategists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
GESB has appointed former Citigroup executive Kate Budiselik and ex-Coronation Fund Managers portfolio manager Edwin Schultz as investment strategists. Budiselik and Schultz will be part of the investment team managing WA-based GESB's $10.4 billion ...

North gets S&P very strong rating

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
S&P Fund Services has assigned its 'very strong' rating to the North Protected Retirement guarantee. According to a S&P's statement, the rating indicated the product was well designed for the needs of the retiree market while including downside protection ...

ING BDMs undergo training course

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
ING Australia business development managers (BDMs) will complete a Certificate IV in Practice Management over the next four months as part of the firm's new training and development program. The Certificate IV in Practice Management has been developed ...

Cosgrove and McCullagh nominated to CSC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... director of Qantas Airways, Qantas Superannuation, Australian Rugby Union and as a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. McCullagh has 28 years experience in the governance of Commonwealth superannuation, and in the last seven years ...

SAP buys Sybase

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
Sybase directors have backed a deal for SAP to buy the technology firm for a cash offer worth more than $7 billion in common stock. SAP's subsidiary, SAP America, has signed an agreement to buy Sybase, which means both companies clients' will be better ...

RBC appoints Asia Pac execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
RBC Capital Markets has added two new executives, Amanda Lowe and Winston Quek, to its global FX team in the Asia-Pacific region. Lowe joins RBC Capital Markets as vice president and will be based in Sydney, focusing on real money and pension funds ...

HOSTPLUS opens NT and Sydney offices

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... these areas. For local employers, the new offices will provide a personal service on the ground, according to a press release. "A local office in Darwin and Parramatta additionally provides a platform for further growth," said David Elia, HOSTPLUS chief ...

AMP rationalises super and pension prods

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
AMP Financial Services is cutting the number of superannuation products it provides from six to two - closing four superannuation and pension products with more than $34 billion in assets under management to new money from July. This means AMP SignatureSuper ...