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Super funds still shunning women trustees

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... retail funds, Rainmaker estimates less than 10% of their trustee directors are women. Rainmaker also analysed the gender profile of super fund chief executives and found that 23% of not-for-profit funds are lead by women. Retail funds rarely have a chief ...

Retirement not an automatic trigger for defensive strategies

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... retirement investment products. But both have a very useful role to play in helping further improve diversification and profile of existing investment options and are suitable for inclusion in both pre and post retirement strategies."

Social media an important tool for advisers

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... search, which he said was extremely important. However, he warned against the pitfalls of not constantly updating your profile. "To get the most out of it you have to be active and get involved. A lot of people have LinkedIn profiles that are only half ...

BEN announces solid results

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has announced an after tax statutory profit of $57.9 million for the six months ending December 31 2011, forecasting a difficult six months ahead due to market volatility and revenue challenges. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN) ...

Colley departs OnePath for SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... technical services team," said OnePath. "In his most recent role as National Technical Services Manager, Graeme has lifted the profile of OnePath's superannuation technical capabilities through media, conferences, presentations, and speeches." Colley ...

HFT and dark pools keep ASIC on its toes

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... exchanges, so it's not surprising that their reaction has been to try and grow though mergers and acquisitions. Yet three high-profile mergers including Deutsche Boerse/NYSE Euronext have been blocked by regulators on competition grounds and national ...

BetaShares appoints new head of portfolio construction

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... technical background combined with a strong planner network will be crucial to the growth of BetaShares and raising the profile of the Australian ETF industry," said Drew Corbett, head of investment strategy & distribution of BetaShares. Rumble will ...

Instos set sights on Indonesian assets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... fund manager Mandiri Investasi paid another visit to Australia last week as part of its efforts to raise the Indonesia's profile as an attractive destination for investors. Mandiri, which partnered up with Melbourne fund manager AFM Investment Partners ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank buys Bank of Cyprus Australia

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... BEN. BEN said BOCAL was an attractive business that was predominantly funded by retail deposits and a conservative risk profile. The acquisition will ideally grow BOCAL's business through BEN's product offering. The cost of the acquisition, which is ...

UBS: Diversify to prevent fatigue

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... remain very stimulatory, the large emerging economies have now started to stimulate with lower rates, the recent US data profile has been promising, corporate balance sheets broadly remain in healthy condition versus previous cycles." Persistent volatility ...