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D-E-B-T

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
Let's talk about debt baby. D-E-B-T the four letters that's currently giving political leaders massive headaches, financial markets their jitters and gold its shine. With only two weeks to go before the debt ceiling blows up and bites their collective ...

Industry brawl erupts over super network ads

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
Financial service industry feuds erupted again today as the Financial Planning Association fired a shot across the bow of the Industry Super Network over an advertising campaign that it believes harms financial planners. The print advertisements allege ...

Rainmaker reveals 2011 Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
Challenger emerged as the biggest winner from the 2011 Rainmaker Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards Dinner last night, picking up three awards, while PIMCO, Legg Mason and AustralianSuper each scooped two. The awards dinner, compared by ABC newsreader ...

REST focused on long term after posting healthy returns

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
REST Industry Super's core strategy achieved returns of 9.56% for the last financial year, which the fund attributed to its active management style, while its tax-free core pension strategy returned 10.71%. The $20 billion hospitality industry fund ...

BlackRock creates new invest comms role

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
BlackRock Australia has created a new senior investment communications role to close the gap and build relationships between the firm's clients and its investment insights. Albert Daniels, believed to have started in the newly created role already ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
The Australian share market was expected to open slightly lower today, despite a mildly positive performance by Wall Street overnight, but after commodities were mixed. At 0715 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was down eight points ...

Credit Suisse appoints former BlackRock MD

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
Will Britten, the former managing director of BlackRock Australia, joined Credit Suisse yesterday, as its new managing director and head of asset management in Australia. The appointment signals Credit Suisse's intention to become a more influential ...

van Eyk appoints head of ratings

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
Matthew Olsen has taken over as the new head of ratings at van Eyk with John O'Brien, head of research, shifting his focus towards strategic asset allocation. A former senior investment analyst at Colonial First State, Ausbil Dexia and JP Morgan, Olsen ...

Trafford-Walker takes new role after securing CEO

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
Three months after telling Financial Standard that it was looking to appoint a chief executive, Australia's second-largest asset consultant, Frontier, has secured Damian Moloney for the plum role. Managing director Fiona Trafford-Walker will take on ...

Super fund leaps into life stage insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
Corporate superannuation fund Aon Master Trust is set to launch a pro-active campaign to ensure its members have appropriate insurance cover for their stage of life. From July 1, members of the $2 billion fund whose life cycle hits a specific trigger ...