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Christian Super tenders for custodian

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
Christian Super is tendering for a custodian, hiring Brett Elvish, founder and director at Financial Viewpoint to assist the process. Peter Murphy, chief executive at Christian Super, said the fund is tendering as part of the Australian Prudential and ...

FSP reviews insurer line up

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
Dealer group Financial Services Partners is reviewing its preferred risk carriers - including CommInsure, ING and Tower - through its annual adviser survey. A press statement from the firm noted that FSP's survey looks at the services provided by AIG ...

Oasis let back in the good books

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
Cape Town-based Oasis Asset Management, unrelated to a local company by the same name, has been re-instated as a United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) signatory. Oasis Asset Management was delisted as a signatory in August for ...

Planning firm wins Telstra Business Award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
Financial Management Solutions has won the NSW Telstra Business Award for social responsibility. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) member won the award for demonstrating leadership and contribution to the environment, people, education ...

Wesfarmers decision a win for ESG

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
In a win for listed company engagement, Wesfarmers has decided to find other sources of a mineral from outside a region with a questionable human rights record after engagement from institutional investors including Christian Super. Wesfarmers agreed ...

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 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon as stronger energy stocks failed to counter a negative lead from the US. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 13 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 4833.2 while the broader All Ordinaries fell ...

On A$ parity and dashed whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
Here we go, here we go, here we go. If everything continues to go the way it's going, the Australian dollar could very soon be trading one for one against the big one. My Bloomberg screen currently has the A$ fetching US$0.9208 -- it went as high as ...

Christmas comes early for job seekers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
Investment professionals who lost their jobs last year can take some comfort in the fact that 14 per cent of Australian firms plan to take on more staff in the lead up to Christmas. Planners and fund managers who faced the axe this time last year due ...

Ryan steps down as Bravura chairman

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
Bravura Solutions chairman Christopher Ryan has resigned. ASX-listed Bravura, which provides administration and management services to super funds among others, announced Ryan resigned from his roles as chairman and director of Bravura on 28 September. ...