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St. John leaves UniSuper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
David St. John, UniSuper chief investment officer has resigned from the $21 billion super fund after eight years at the helm to tend to personal business interests and spend more time with his family. St. John joined UniSuper in May 2001 and assisted ...

Super queries drop despite GFC

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
If you think investors are frantically ringing super fund call centres to ask about their investments, guess again - the number of calls fielded by Pillar Administration has fallen since the start of the GFC, said Peter Beck, the firm's chief executive. ...

Not-for-profit super funds reign

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... sectors' performance. "We think the key difference is that representative trustees are more closely aligned to members' interest and they only have a single purpose [to run the fund to profit members]," said Rafferty. "For profit funds, those trustees ...

Treasure for trash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
Here comes the meat! US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner finally served up the meat to his 10 February bail-out barbecue fizzler. And the market saw that it was good. Equity markets around the world rallied following the unveiling of the details ...

Ipac appoints chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
AXA Australia Asia Pacific subsidiary, ipac, has appointed Neil Swindells as chief executive. Swindells' appointment follows the firm's chief executive and AXA head of advice, Peeyush Gupta stepping down next month. Swindells was previously an AXA senior ...

Storm subsidiary in liquidation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... same office owned and controlled by Storm Financial and the receivers were concerned about a perception of conflict of interest. Victorian Families had received accounting and administration support from Storm and managed at least $41 million in client ...

Tasplan axes $280m State Street mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
The $1 billion Tasmanian industry fund Tasplan has withdrawn a $280 million in fixed interest and cash mandates with State Street and pumped a combined $275 million into Colonial First State and Vanguard. According to Neil Cassidy, general manager of ...

UK firm launches planner competition

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... about gaining professional employment upon graduation, a key demographic for the industry. "There are positive signs of interest and consideration in the financial advice profession...when the benefits of the career were explained in full, the number ...

Go for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... an ounce three years later. During this time, investors shunned gold because it was considered a non-appreciating, non-interest bearing asset. This is true during normal economic conditions. Gold investors do not receive interest income like they do ...

ASIC seeks Storm liquidation

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has applied to place Storm Financial into liquidation after the firm's former directors posted a "misleading" memorandum on their website. This application follows the Storm Financial's former ...