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ASF names former S&P head as CEO

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
The Australian Securitisation Forum has appointed former Standard & Poor's managing director, Chris Dalton, as chief executive. Dalton replaces Greg Medcraft, who was appointed commissioner at Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) ...

Netwealth drops 13 funds from menu

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
Netwealth has withdrawn all the BT funds from its super and investment wraps, while adding four other products including property, Australian and international equities following planner feedback. Netwealth has added the Vanguard Australian Shares High ...

Kofoed leaves ESSSuper

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... ESSSuper." The board will begin an executive search through Kathleen Townsend & Associates for a new chief executive and plan to have the process concluded by the end of June. In the interim, Michael Dundon (chief financial officer of ESSSuper) will ...

Local Govt Super overhauls intl eq, Aus equities next

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
Local Government Super (LGS) has changed the manager line up of its $990 million international equities portfolio to suit a "core and satellite" approach, and it plans to do the same with its $1 billion Australian equities portfolio next. Peter Lambert ...

Tonight's the night

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... Australian economics and the reporting world are held incommunicado for six hours until the grand unveiling of the Government's plan for the future. The official rationale for sequestering these 'experts' and unleashing them into the Australian world ...

What-if scenarios bring Budget blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
New restrictions to existing superannuation and tax concessions could help the Government slash the predicted budget deficit in the next few years but this could come at a higher cost to superannuants and taxpayers in the long term, industry experts ...

Merger plans for AUI and Lifeplan

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
The $5.5 billion Australian Unity is planning to merge with Lifeplan Funds Management - a deal that would create a funds management group with more than $7 billion in funds under management. Australian Unity announced late last week that a merger proposal ...

Liongate snags $1 billion in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
London-based fund of hedge fund manager Liongate Capital Management has won over $1 billion in mandates since the start of the GFC - and the firm is now seeking new wins in the Aussie institutional market. While most fund of hedge fund managers suffer ...

US pension deficit shrinks

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... remaining steady. During April, the S&P 500 total return index was up more than 9 per cent and the Mercer Yield Curve mature plan index was down just 4 basis points. "As funded status increases we believe there are opportunities for sponsors to lock ...

Netwealth adds tech services manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
The netwealth group appointed former Genesys Wealth Advisers executive, Keat Chew to head of technical services, as part of a strategy to develop a technical services division. This is the first time the group has hired a technical services manager. ...