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QIC appoints Aussie trading desk head

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2007
QIC has appointed former Austock Securities executive Chris Claridge as head of equities dealing. Claridge will manage QIC's Australian equities trading desk, focussing on alpha generation. He specialises in facilitation, portfolio trading and derivatives. ...

AFA sharpens technical skills

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has booked 26 per cent more delegates this year than last year for its upcoming event, the AFA National Conference, with the three-day event focusing on hands on, practical ideas for advisers and the technical ...

FuturePlus appoints new chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
... FuturePlus will continue to grow its assets under management and achieve strong returns for fund members while keeping a strong focus on maintaining its enviable levels of wide ranging expert services," he said. He said annual quantitative studies revealed ...

S&P upgrades Global Value Fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... Group, is a global equity manager with a dividend focused investment philosophy. It focuses on value investing, with a strong focus on dividend yield as the driver of total return. The product is a global value style fund. S&P fund analyst Marcus Hanel ...

AMPFP appoints new product director

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... previously held senior roles at ANZ. Meller said Sainsbury was "an extremely capable leader", and "his passion for customer focus and excellent track record of operational delivery made him the outstanding candidate for this pivotal role." Sainsbury ...

MPG eyes commercial property

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
Melbourne based property funds manager MPG Funds Management (MPG) has launched its $62 million Enterprise Property Trust (Trust) to allow Australian investors access to commercial properties within Australia. The company aims to raise more than $17 ...

GESB trebles co-contributions after campaign

WA-based super fund GESB struck a winning formula after its 'Feed Your Super' campaign attracted three times more member co-contributions than it expected. The campaign is a fairly straightforward strategy where members are sent emails and snail mail ...

Big improvements in Australian corporate governance: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... Abbott Stillman. "We tend to define it by its opposite. We see bad governance and say good governance is the opposite." "The focus of the study was initially upon the largest listed companies but we quickly came to the view that we needed to focus on ...

Papendieck to leave Skandia

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... Multi-manager and platform group Skandia is searching for a new retail general manager after Mark Papendieck resigned to focus on his other business interests. Papendieck has been with the company for nearly two years after he joined as chief operating ...

Coombe calls for better super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
Superannuation is entering a golden age in Australia and it's time we started to focus on our end-customers, said Rob Coombe, chief executive of wealth management for BT Financial Group when speaking at yesterdays' Association of Super Funds of Australia ...