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IFM strengthens push for government infra deals

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
Industry Funds Management has ramped up its push for governments and investors to unite on nation building infrastructure in the face of increased opportunities overseas, launching a national advertising campaign to spread the message. IFM has just ...

iShares calls for ETF disclosure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
More transparency and disclosure is needed from exchange traded funds providers, according to iShares, which has released a paper calling for global regulatory standards. iShares, a subsidiary of BlackRock, believes that a global standard classification ...

ASFA warns against using super to buy homes

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned against making any changes to the superannuation system to help young people get a foot on the property ladder. It follows recent calls from head of Lateral Economics, Nicholas Gruen, to ...

Gen Y prefers face-to-face insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
Gen Y Business Owners opt for financial advice when it comes to business insurance despite online being their main source of research and other forms of financial servicing, according to a new study. In a study by a research group, most Gen Y Business ...

Sounds like a plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
They came, they met and greeted, they blah, they announced. I'm talking about the weekend meeting in Paris of the Group of 20 biggest and most powerful moneymen in the world, of course. Yes Virginia, we were kept in suspense this past weekend to be ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
The Australian market is set to open higher on Monday on optimism that eurozone leaders are finally pushing forward to resolve the debt crisis and positive US data and corporate earnings. At 0730 AEDT on the ASX 24, the December share price index futures ...

State Super appoints AMIST CEO Livanas

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
John Livanas will take over as chief executive officer of State Super on October 24, having resigned from his post at AMIST Super, which now begins its search for his successor. After four years at the helm of AMIST Super, the lure of running a $32 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
Australian shares fell lower at noon following negative leads from US and European markets overnight. The local bourse opened about half a per cent down on Friday. By 1215 AEDT both major local indices had pulled down further, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

ING IM equities head departs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
ING Investment Management's chief investment officer of asset strategies and alternatives, James Wright, has left the company following its takeover by UBS. A Morningstar analyst confirmed that Wright has left ING IM and will not move across to UBS ...

Carbon Tax provides certainty for companies needing to change

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
The big result of the passing of the Carbon Tax Bill for the investment world is increased certainty, although for companies using emission intensive technology there will be long term concerns. According to governance research house Regnan, the impact ...