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Property funds under green watch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Three European pension funds with more than $500 billion in assets are using their investment muscle to force property companies and fund managers to stay on top of their environmental policies, following the release of a new green property benchmark. ...

AMP and Hillross pledge $18,900 to charity

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
AMP and Hillross financial planners have pledged $18,900 to the Future2 Foundation, a charity that supports the financially under-privileged. The group's financial planners pledged donations by placing a 'leaf', which represents a $100 donation, on ...

Frontier reweighs alternatives

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... investments tend to lock investors in for longer, compared with other assets. Rather, it could be the case of where the top-ups are going to be or how the fund can tap into investments that have become more appealing, "particularly on the debt side" ...

US reform tightens net on big firms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... restrictive rules for large, high-risk firms, leading potentially to government-ordered restructurings, divestitures or break-ups. Meanwhile Pensions and Investments report that the Democrats have beaten back an attempt to weaken a key provision of the ...

Equiti talks to planners regarding stakeholding

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
Equiti is negotiating with a number of financial planning practices to give them equity stakes in the group's direct property funds management business. Darren Wise, executive director at Equiti Funds Management, said it has launched an ownership structure ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
Australian shares have plunged in the wake of the government of Dubai asking for a six-month debt moratorium for its investment vehicle, Dubai World. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 115.8 points, or 2.46 per cent, at 4,592.80 points ...

Health Super overhauls brand

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... This comes at a time when many others have substantially revved up their advertising and branding strategies including tie-ups with sports games and industry events, as seen with HOSTPLUS, Sunsuper and Media Super. The fund's new logo was designed to ...

Equities could deliver zero returns: JANA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
JANA's longtime investment expert, Ken Marshman, predicts there's a 25 per cent chance that equities as an asset class will deliver low to zero returns over the next 10 years - a grim reality that should spur trustees to start lowering the risk in their ...

AMP eyes seasoned planners

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... participants will undertake a new four-week core training program and an additional optional two-week program for immediate start-ups. The planners will be offered the opportunity to immediately start a practice with support and access to unique financing ...

Mandates for commodities and EM managers

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009