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QIC appoints ex-Deutsche exec

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
Industry superannuation fund QIC has appointed Stuart Jordan as senior portfolio manager, Australian equities (small companies). Jordan, who has 20 years equity market experience, will head up QIC's internally managed small companies capability. Prior ...

ASSET Super appoints Mercer

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
Multi-industry superannuation fund ASSET Super has appointed Mercer Investment Consulting as their new asset consultant. The 114,000-member super fund which has $1.4 billion under management invited seven organisations to tender for the asset consulting ...

DKN buys Bigger businesses

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
Listed financial services provider DKN Financial Group has snapped up Bigger Financial Planning and Bigger Accounting. According to a statement released to the Australian Securities Exchange, DKN secured the two businesses via its equity partner MQ ...

Fin education at the click of a mouse

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
South Australian-based industry superannuation fund Statewide is taking its financial literacy program to cyberspace in a bid to raise member awareness on their finances. The private sector super fund has launched an online tool called "Your Key to ...

Self-employed lack super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
Nearly one-third of all self-employed Australians have zero superannuation, new research shows. Data released by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Limited (ASFA) show around 28 per cent of the self-employed sector has no superannuation ...

Funeral insurance goes online

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Zurich Financial Services Australia is adding funeral cover to its online product range. Zurich unveiled the new online offering that aims to help fund the expenses associated with funerals as part of its ongoing strategy to make life insurance accessible ...

CMC launches online trading platform

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Contract for difference (CFD) provider CMC Markets has launched a new online stockbroking trading platform, CMC Markets Stockbroking. CMC Markets, which scooped up Andrew West Stockbrokers in January, is hoping the new service will make share trading ...

Instos rushing to infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Infrastructure has traditionally hovered at the outskirts of mainstream asset classes - but industry players are now putting more money into the sector as investors seek a safe haven from poor returns. According to RARE Infrastructure, institutional ...

CalPERS may lose $947 million

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) may lose nearly $950 million from its investments in US housing crash-victim LandSource. CalPERS invested $947 million in US property developer LandSource, which recently filed for bankruptcy ...

Schroders AP fund on hold

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Schroder's Asia Pacific fund has been put on hold by ratings house Standard & Poor's (S&P) following the departure of the fund's portfolio manager, Millicent Lai. Lai quit Schroders to pursue "other opportunities", according to a statement released ...