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QIC taps EMs with risk control

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
QIC has launched the created QIC Emerging Markets (EM) Equity Fund - a risk-controlled and cost-effective strategy that allows funds to invest in emerging markets. The Queensland-based investment manager acknowledges EMs have traditionally posed governance ...

Mums-and-dads want investing made simple

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
A comprehensive two-year study of retail and institutional investors in the US has found there is still a great divide between how mums-and-dads invest as opposed to their insto counterparts. The findings were from a University of Queensland Business ...

Northern Trust appoints Calvitto

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
Nasdaq-listed Northern Trust has appointed ex-ANZ executive Angelo Calvitto as a senior relationship manager in its Melbourne office. In this newly created role, Calvitto will contribute to several of the company's strategic initiatives in Asia Pacific ...

Asset signs on IFFP

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
Asset Super has employed Industry Fund Financial Planning (IFFP) to supply single issue advice to its members. The $1.45 billion superannuation fund previously used financial planning firms Money Solutions and Centric Wealth for its seminars and advice ...

IOOF buys 13pc stake in MacarthurCook

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
IOOF has bought a 13 per cent stake in boutique property investment fund manager MacarthurCook. In a statement released last Friday on the Australian Securities Exchange, MacarthurCook confirmed that it would form a "strategic investment management ...

Pentafin tags Thunderhead for SMAs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
Pentafin has secured the Thunderhead NOW platform to support its unit trust and managed accounts (MA) business. Pentafin partnered with Thunderhead following a global hunt for a solution provider to cater to the technology firm's MA and unit trust requirements. ...

Trust banks on fiduciary after BNY sale

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
Trust Company Limited received a $14 million profit injection from the sale of its 50 per cent stake in BNY Trust Australia - paving the way for Trust to focus more on its fiduciary roots. Trust Company Limited sold its share of BNY Trust Australia ...

Aus and NZ fund issuance better under MRSO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and New Zealand Securities Commission have applauded the Mutual Recognition of Securities Offerings (MRSO) - a new legislation that will see trans-Tasman mutual recognition of securities offerings. ...

Pentafin joins personal super crowd

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
Pentafin is tackling the personal superannuation market with a new product within its OneVue suite. A key part of this new offering includes Ingevity's Longevity Insurance, a relatively new "income for life" concept which allows retirees to access their ...

Fin advice satisfaction down

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
Clients are showing a small decrease in satisfaction with the advice they are receiving from their financial planners, new research shows. The Lifeplan ICFS Financial Advice Satisfaction Index decreased slightly from 74.3 six months ago to 73.2 in June. ...