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Fortitude hires ex-nab and Macquarie staff

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
Alternative investment manager Fortitude Capital has hired derivatives specialist Gerard McMahon and hybrid specialist Darren Raward. Prior to joining Fortitude Capital McMahon was divisional director of Macquarie Bank and head of the international ...

Future Fund still on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
The $61.5 billion government Future Fund is looking to appoint three new team members to boost its operations and investment teams. Last week, the fund advertised for a senior analyst - infrastructure to assist in the development of the fund's global ...

Philippines axes cheques for ATMs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
The Philippines is revving up its pension scheme by phasing out archaic cheques disbursement arrangements for an ATM-based system. The country's Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) brought the new system in place last month. The fund's 81,000 ...

More females in fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
Women are now at the vanguard of financial services as more females are recruited in the sector compared to their male counterparts, says Dalton Nicol Reid (DNR). According to specialist individual managed account portfolio manager DNR, the last 15 ...

Life insurance made easy: AIG

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
Wanted - 2,200 advisers looking to boost clients' life cover with only a signed declaration of good health as the solo underwriting requirement. AIG Life last week unveilled a six-week promotional campaign targeting 2,200 financial advisers to increase ...

BlackRock and Ralton join IMAP board

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
The Institute of Managed Accounts Providers (IMAP) has recruited BlackRock's Cormac Heffernan and Ralton Asset Management's Damian Holland to its board of directors. In an IMAP meeting held in Melbroune last week, Heffernan, head of BlackRock's SMA ...

Remarried war vet widows get pension

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
Widows and widowers of war veterans who might have had their pensions stopped after they remarried are now able to access their funds again under new government rules. According to the $3 billion Military Super, the Superannuation Act 1922, the Defence ...

Alternatives: shock absorbers of sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
As markets turn from bad to worse, alternative investments have proven to be the keystone of solid returns when they turned into shock absorbers protecting investors from capital loss, said Select Asset Management. Since August last year, the sub-prime ...

Tech will bond insurers and planners: AFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
Financial planners aiming to better control and boost their insurance advice business will have to place their bets with high tech information exchange and electronic filing systems, according to AFA financial adviser of the year, Phil Young. Speaking ...

CONNECT targets retirees

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
The $650 million CONNECT superannuation fund has crafted two new funds aimed at members coming up to retirement or are already retired. The first fund, called CONNECT's transition to retirement pension option, is targeted at members due to retire. The ...