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CalPERS deploys US$500m into ESG, OTPP buys Chunnel link

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... strategy; while Canada's Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) and Borealis have bought the UK high-speed rail link to the channel tunnel for 2.1 billion. CalPERS said that would include global public companies that are actively working to improve the ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank completes Linear deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank have finalised its 24 per cent stake purchase in Linear Asset Management with immediate plans for Linear's wealth management platform. The bank said it would provide a new generation platform access for wealth and third party ...

KKR bid signals more M&A in wealth mgmt

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts' takeover bid for Perpetual is an endorsement of the health of Australia's wealth management industry - and reinforces the appeal of the sector to global investors, says the chief executive of BT Investment Management. Emilio ...

AUSCOAL signs up to innergi

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
... Skinner, although the firm is in talks with a number of other high profile companies. "We believe super funds are the right channel as they have the membership size that will allow us to offer a learning platform to a lot of people which is a sensible ...

More products, more support for planners: BTIM

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... of BT Investment Management, outlined three initiatives to grow the company, including a greater focus on the adviser channel. "We will be focusing on driving greater representation of our products in the wholesale/financial adviser channel, a market ...

Bottoms up

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
Investors who view the world in macro terms often intuitively base their approach on a country's economic fundamentals. But new research suggests economic fundamentals may have little bearing on the performance of a country's stockmarket. According ...

UK fast tracks pension reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... 2009/10 deficit stood at 11.4 per cent of GDP, with the national debt over 70 per cent of GDP. Meanwhile, across the English channel, rioting and widespread strikes have continued on the streets of France, as students joined workers in protesting President ...

AMP, AXA and CFS planners choose own super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
AMP, AXA and Colonial First State planners channel the most sales into their parent firms' superannuation products out of six major planning groups, new research shows. According to new figures from Roy Morgan, which researched nearly 5,700 super products ...

Advice 'opt in' reforms to dictate platform choice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... Among their key findings is that the market share of platforms will be determined not by which group can offer the best channel to transition from commission-based to a fee-for-service model. Instead, nearly 40 per cent of financial advisers surveyed ...

AMP and Bendigo Bank align

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
AMP Financial Services has formed a strategic alliance with Bendigo Bank, making AMP Flexible Lifetime Protection available across the bank's 460 branches. In a move illustrating AMP's plans to access and broaden its distribution reach of wealth solutions ...