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More turbulence ahead: De Bever

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
The former chief investment officer of the Victorian Funds Management Corporation says that "bonds are an accident waiting to happen" and that the global economy is on the cusp of "a huge structural shift, probably one that we haven't seen since 1900." ...

HiPortfolio helps Suncorp adopt TOFA changes

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
Suncorp Life now supports the new Taxation of Financial Arrangements (TOFA) through its administration platform, HiPortfolio. HiPortfolio is TOFA-ready, following its recent multi-million dollar project completed in conjunction with the DST GS Advanced ...

SAM becomes TransCap

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
Sustainability Asset Management Australia has quietly rebranded itself as Transformation Capital and severed ties with 135 billion plus European investment house Robeco. The news casts doubt on the presence of Robeco - the funds management and boutique ...

AMP unveils $6.34 per share bid for AXA

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
The worst kept secret in the financial services industry edged closer to reality this morning as AMP announced a fresh bid for AXA Asia-Pacific Holdings. AMP has offered AXA APH minority shareholders at least $6.43 per share in a combination of cash ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... plan for long-serving chief executive officer, Paul Little -- holds its annual general meeting, as do Qantas Airways Ltd, Origin Energy Ltd, Tatts Group Ltd, and Atlas Iron Ltd. Goodman Group, Conquest Mining Ltd, and Heemskirk Consolidated Ltd hold ...

More disclosure pose unintended risks

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... launch of research commissioned by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), Kevin McCann, chairman of Origin Energy, and Helen Nugent, a non executive director of Macquarie Group, agreed that increased disclosure around issues such ...

Bank claims Great Southern action stumped

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has claimed that the Great Southern class action DC Legal commenced against the bank has "fallen over". The bank made its calls following the striking out on last Wednesday of the separate class action initiated by Macpherson ...

ACCC responds to NAB/AXA deal criticism

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has hit back at criticisms of its "lack of timeliness" in making decisions about NAB's merger with AXA. In a speech made in Sydney yesterday, Graeme Samuel, chairman of the ACCC, called the timeliness ...

Premium Investors cuts cost, restructures

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
A year after Premium Investors underwent a forced off-market buy back, company chair Tom Collins flagged cost savings of more than 40 per cent next year as part of a business restructure. Last Friday, the firm released a newsletter to investors highlighting ...

Bidding time for AMP

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
With NAB bowing out of the race for AXA APH last week, planners and investors are nervously awaiting AMP's next move. It was AMP after all, which fired the opening salvo in the race for AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA APH) with its original bid for the ...