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NY fund invests $200m in climate change

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
The New York State Common Retirement fund invested $200 million in the FTSE Environmental Technology 50 and HSBC Global Climate Change Index. Thomas DiNapoli, the New York State Comptroller, invested the funds in line with the fund's Green Strategic ...

Bassanese opens ETF consultancy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
Economist and AFR columnist David Bassanese is banking on the popularity of exchange traded funds (ETFs) when he set up his new ETF research and consulting business for financial planners and self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees. Bassanese opened ...

Challenger to ramp up life and funds mgmt after mortgage sale

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
Challenger Financial Services said it intends to focus its resources on its life and funds management businesses following the sale of its mortgage management division to NAB for $385 million. This morning NAB and Challenger confirmed newspaper reports ...

BlackRock tops diversified funds review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... innovative approach to portfolio construction, their flexible and well resourced tactical asset allocation approach and their focus on risk management," he said. Maple-Brown Abbott was reviewed for the first time and received a 'recommended' rating. ...

Westpac FP maintains focus on senior planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... planners leaving the bank. "We've slightly slipped from the 200 mark, which was an 'aspirational' target, but we've kept our focus since the merger. We've been making sure that our financial planners fit with the right competencies and their values align ...

Super fund tech still lags: KPMG

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... lift their game, particularly when it comes to real-time processing," said KPMG partner, Emery Feyzeny. "Given community focus on identity theft and internet fraud generally, this is an area which we expected 100 per cent of funds to satisfy," said Feyzeny. ...

Advisers choose definitions over technology

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
Automatic underwriting, online transactions and website calculators are needed when it comes to risk insurance, but financial advisers won't use a provider if the contracts don't pay out when clients need it most. While the risk insurance industry is ...

Centric Wealth signs on XPLAN

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
Centric Wealth Advisers has entered into an agreement with IRESS to deploy the tech firm's web-based adviser desktop, XPLAN. "Following a strategic review of systems, extensive input from our adviser team, and a formal market analysis, IRESS was chosen ...

Investors want more Centrelink

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... manager of advice solutions at Suncorp, said planners have seen a large push for reviews to craft investor portfolios that focus on income and yield, with greater attention paid to improving their entitlements to Centrelink. "We're seeing greater movements ...

AXA ramps up million-dollar insurance strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
AXA Australia's multi-million dollar investment in its financial protection business appears to be paying off with new business rising 23 per cent to $58 million and the firm now ranked in the top four across product, new business and underwriting categories. ...