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Stuck at zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
Steady as she goes! The US Federal Reserve maintained its course as it tries to guide the US economy out of stormy waters. There we have it Virginia, the much-awaited, much speculated US Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting produced nada. By ...

CAAM and Soc Gen reveal Amundi

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
CrA(C)dit Agricole and SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale have renamed their new asset management business Amundi, a firm that ranks in the top 10 largest wealth managers in the world - with Australia's CrA(C)dit Agricole arm poised to benefit from the boost ...

Canadian pensions stage Q3 recovery

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
Canadian pensions have bounced back in the third quarter of this year, with local bonds and global shares the major contributors to the recovery. According to a RBC Dexia Investor Services survey, which monitors Canadian pension plans and money managers ...

Souls funds 'On Hold' after CIO resigned

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has placed all three Australian equity funds managed by Souls Funds Management 'On-Hold' following the departure of the group's chief investment officer and small-cap portfolio manager, Frank Villante. Senior analyst ...

Gonzalez move a win-win: analyst

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
One of Perpetual's longest serving executives, Emilio Gonzalez, is to take the helm at BT Investment Management, a high profile recruitment that is a coup for BT but could also set the stage for fresh changes at Perpetual, said an analyst. Emilio Gonzalez ...

HK investors win big on game show

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
Hong Kong's securities and futures market regulator is taking financial literacy to another level with a three-stage investments game show where contestants can win up to $7,000 in cash prizes. The first round of the Securities and Futures Commission ...

Industry funds in NRL grand final

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
Industry funds have won their way into the NRL grand finals with HOSTPLUS and ME Bank set to take center stage as major sponsors of the Melbourne Storm, who face the Parramatta Eels this weekend. HOSTPLUS, which is in its fourth year of Storm sponsorship ...

Asset Super pumps up insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
Asset Super is introducing automatic life stage increases to members' insurance, and boosting the sum insured to each unit of standard cover in a bid to tackle underinsurance. The $1.1 billion industry fund will increase each unit of standard cover ...

FSA fines firm for bad advice

FSA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
UK-based Financial Services Authority (FSA) fined a financial advice firm $27,000 for failing to match client appetite for risk with appropriate investment products. The regulator found the Henry Neil practice advised clients to sell segments of existing ...

Super funds do more for community

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
Super funds have been busy sponsoring awards and events in the last two months as they jostle for more super brand awareness. Industry funds in particular have been in their respective industries' limelight recently for event and festival sponsorships. ...