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India markets up 18pc on election

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
Indian funds could receive renewed investor interest after the country's equity markets rose around 18 per cent following the latest election results. India's democratic elections, which includes more than 700 million voters across 26 states, resulted ...

Nooo Commission strips trailing fees off home loans

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... many cases, the broker (and their company) receive a trailing commission, which is included by the money lender in the interest rate of the product through the life of the loan. The impact of these hidden commissions can be anywhere from 0.50 per cent ...

Cbus CEO competes for UN PRI seat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
AustralianSuper has nominated Cbus chief executive David Atkin to sit on the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) board. Atkin replaced Sandy Grant as chief executive at Cbus in November 2007. Prior to that position, Atkin worked ...

Debate advice, not advisers: Sherry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... that is not the issue. The real issue is how it works, what it is, what it should cost and what are the conflicts of interest." Advisers are currently thought to service between 10 and 30y per cent of consumers, most of whom are 'mass affluent' and high ...

UniSuper hires former CFS chief as CIO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
The $21 billion UniSuper has appointed former Colonial First State Investment Management chief executive John Pearce as its chief investment officer, following the departure of its long-standing CIO, David St. John. Pearce, who previously headed CFS ...

Conservative strategies pay for ITC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... advisers and having a more prudent conservative approach, and look where we are - we're still offering MIS and there's still interest in the product," said Redman. However, Kelly believes ITC must take this opportunity to change negative perception on ...

Easing Libor pains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... in the US, more than half of the adjustable rate home loans are tied to the Libor rate plus a few percentage points. Interest rates on other forms of lending - business and home equity lines of credit, small business loans and student loans - are also ...

AIA public listing one step closer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
AIG has announced it will accelerate steps to position its Australasian subsidiary American International Assurance Company (AIA) as an independent entity in preparation for an Asian public listing. The timing of the move will be determined by market ...

Investors rush to oil ETCs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Exchange traded commodity (ETC) provider, ETF Securities,enjoyed a $1.2 billion rise in inflows into oil ETCs in the first four months of this year. Inflows into oil ETCs were more than two times the flows recorded during 2008 with assets under management ...

Russell revamps structure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... consulting business remained a business the firm wants to develop and the search for Lill's replacement is generating a lot of interest from very experienced people worldwide. The re-structure means the service lines will be managed by at least one global ...