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Europe pension assets on the rise

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
European pension assets have been battered by the bear market but the sector still managed to spurt a decent 5.7 per growth - bringing total assets to $6.4 trillion. According to the latest annual IPE Top 1000 Pension Funds supplement, which assesses ...

Instos pour $370m into Apostle fund

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
A number of public sector and industry super funds, multi managers and master trusts have pumped a combined $370 million into a specialist Apostle fund that aims to capitalise on the undervalued US senior bank loans market. The Apostle Loomis Sayles ...

Boutique incubators work best: Russell

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
"Get in early and fast" is the winning formula when it comes to adding star boutique investment managers to a firm's funds, says Russell Investments. Speaking at the 2008 Russell Australasian Investment Summit in Melbourne last week, Jon Eggins, research ...

NECU videos go high tech

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
Global video specialist firm TANDBERG has won a contract with the New England Credit Union (NECU) to provide video-to-desktop services - upgrading the credit union's customer service while slashing up to $300,000 in operational costs. TANDBERG has been ...

Schroder's fund gets Lonsec nod

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
The Schroder Australian Smaller Companies Fund has received a "Recommended" rating from Lonsec. Lonsec attributed the rating to the Schroder fund in a fund review released this week. The Schroder Australian Smaller Companies Fund (the Fund) is a new ...

Saving Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
The financial stability of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would have to be protected at all costs, as their falls would cause cataclysmic effects not just in the US but the rest of the world, including Australia. Speaking at the 2008 Russell Australasian ...

Aurora Trust delivers 13pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
Investors keen to stay in the black despite the market doldrums should look no further than Aurora's Sandringham Dividend Income trust. Sandringham's low double-digit returns may have been ho-hum during the bull years but this year's 12.76 per cent ...

ING's Kincaid promoted

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
ING Australia has promoted Sally Kincaid to the role of executive director of people and performance. Kincaid was previously head of human resources for Citi's investment and corporate bank in Australia and New Zealand. Prior to this she worked at AMP ...

LMW Invest secures property veterans

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
Listed property valuation firm LandMark White is setting up a new investment management arm that boasts industry heavyweights Linden Toll, president of ADPIA, and ex-Investa fund manager Michael Este at its helm. LandMark White has traditionally been ...

IOOF targets Gen Y super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
IOOF has launched Individuum - a new online financial services business and super provider for Australian Gen Y-ers. But will the budding company succeed in cashing in on the online super trend? Individuum is IOOF's new online financial services business ...