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MetLife Australia names new chief

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
The former chief of ING New Zealand, Marc Lieberman, is the new head of Metlife Insurance in Australia. Lieberman will be reporting to Peter Smyth, Metlife's regional managing director for Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining Metlife, Lieberman was chief ...

Greenspan put

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... Greenie thinks that rising bond yields represents a "canary in the mine" and could signal further upward movement in interest rates. When this happens, we'll have a problem Houston! Higher interest rates will raise the borrowing costs for all - for consumers ...

BTIM realigns income and diversified funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... impact on portfolio management responsibilities with only the Australian government bond management component of the fixed interest portfolios changing, and there is no change in the strategies for the diversified funds. "The important thing there is ...

Outback stake on Westscheme radar

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... increase its investments if further evaluation showed the stake fits Westscheme's risk-return analysis. "Essentially our interest will stay put, unless there are more opportunities in RM Williams on our risk-returns analysis that's attractive. "[There's] ...

Not-for-profits still beat retail: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... regulator's move to press on with the methodology that was launched last year, against a storm of protests from retail interest groups, shows how little effect the retail lobby had in influencing APRA or in proposing an alternative approach. According ...

When old news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... market. Duh! Why is Greece still a factor in financial markets? It will be saved...period. Duh! too to Bernanke mini-me's. Interest rates on hold...for a long time, said one. Chicago Fed Reserve Bank President Charles Evans told reporters in Shanghai ...

Van Eyk head of research resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
... has led manager reviews of Australian equities, hybrids, structured credit, global infrastructure equities and fixed interest. He was chief economist and senior bond market strategist (Australia/New Zealand) at Merrill Lynch Australia and held various ...

Ready, steady, communicate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Members don't care about super until close to retirement - myth or fact? According to ESI Super, it is a myth as increasingly financially literate members look to their super funds as "partners" before, during, and after retirement. The $2.8 billion ...

Instos lobby for Main Street

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
US institutional investors and experts have banded together to offer lawmakers a list of "do's and don'ts" in governance reforms as the Senate Banking Committee mulls over a bill by chairman Christopher Dodd to plug regulatory gaps exposed by the GFC. ...

Select looks to sign on six dealer groups

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... collapse, along with the losses from hedge fund investments and too much exposure to equities, have helped fuel their interest in alternative portfolio construction arrangements. Select was also the first firm to highlight its concerns about the Astarra ...