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NZ Super to look for green mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Australian fund managers looking for mandates from the $16.4 billion NZ Super Fund may soon have to display how they input environmental, social and governance factors in their strategies as the fund pushes ESG considerations higher on its priority ...

Advisers champion responsible investing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Australian financial planners can learn from their UK counterparts on socially responsible investing - as British planners, not pension funds, lead the way in ESG issues, according to an expert. Alexis Krajeski, associate director governance & sustainable ...

NAB exits AXA AP bidding war

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
National Australia Bank has dropped its bid to buy AXA Asia Pacific, paving the way for other parties to acquire AXA AP's Australian and New Zealand assets. According to an Australian Securities Exchange statement released late yesterday, NAB terminated ...

Unions threaten strikes with BBC pension reforms looming

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010

BNP Paribas wins legalsuper mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
Legalsuper has appointed BNP Paribas Securities Services as its custodian, replacing National Australia Bank, the fund's custodian since 2002. The appointment of BNP Paribas follows legalsuper's re-appointment in June 2010 of JANA Investment Advisers ...

Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
Move on people, there wasn't a lot of shaking that went on in Wall Street last night. The US equity market closed almost as flat as pancake after the US Commerce Department released the latest update on retail sales that - once again - could be interpreted ...

Advisers told to bring in the romance

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
Everyone is talking about fee-for-service advice and how adviser and their clients will respond when it comes to crunch time, but apparently, a successful adviser-client relationship is all about the romance. Steve Pink from pHuel, a motivational business ...

Investec eyes aircraft leasing market

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
Hoping to exploit the burgeoning demand for alternative assets, Investec Global Aircraft Fund launched an open-ended capital raising yesterday and appointed a former senior Qantas executive to its investment committee. Investec said it was seeking funds ...

INGIM hires two for wholesale market

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
ING Investment Management (INGIM) Australia has appointed Natalie Grey, former state manager (NSW and ACT) for AMP Capital, as its northern region manager as part of its bigger push into the wholesale market. Based in Sydney, Grey will be responsible ...

Mistaken identity on term deposits

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Financial planners need greater education on term deposits according to research - but the chair of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) questions some of the research assumptions and said planners are already 'well trained' in the correct use of ...