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The great Australian FM shuffle

... of reduced risk, but this is by no means always the case." Hanel also pointed out that the new portfolio manager or department head might change the style of the fund or change the portfolio, which may lead to a higher turnover and lower after-tax returns. ...

Russell wins $3bn ACT Treasury mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
The ACT Department of Treasury has appointed Russell Investment Group as asset consultant on investments worth over $3 billion. The five-year deal will see Russell advise on the Superannuation Provision Account (SPA) and the Territory Banking Account ...

Return of the 'R' word

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... expectations had actually been an increase of about 100,000 jobs. The payrolls jobs declines reported by the US Labour Department reflected a not so surprising weakness in construction, but the falls in manufacturing and government were completely left ...

Councils exposed

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
... risk and embedded leverage in those products. Local Government Minister Paul Lynch told ABC Radio this week that his department and the NSW Treasury were investigating the level of councils' exposure and reviewing investment protocols. While dismissing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... data today, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of economic activity for June will be released, as will the Federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations's monthly skilled vacancies index. Companies reporting full year results today include ...

Stable funds bad defaults: ICI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
... time that most workers need in a retirement account." Stevens was speaking in response to proposals from the US Labor Department that employers sponsoring 401(k)s be able to choose to offer a choice of three "default" options that include life cycle ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
... June quarter and, for the first time, its data will include the Reserve Bank of Australia's inflation benchmarks. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations is due to release its skilled vacancies index and AMP and Access Economics will launch ...

CFS ploughs $280m in Myer property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
Colonial First State Retail Property Trust purchased, as part of a consortium, Melbourne's landmark Myer department store building for $605 million. The consortium comprises CFS, GIC Real Estate and The Myer Family Company. CFS will initially outlay ...

Economic round up: savings follow interest rates

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
... temper inflation. This and strong corporate profits have fuelled a global rise in savings rates. Bristol University's department of economics published a paper a few years back titled Demographic Change and the UK Savings Rate, where authors, David Demery ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
... and the Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment is expected to be released. In Canberra, the Federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations releases its monthly leading indicator of employment for July. The Australian stock ...