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QIC and QSuper pour $28b in alpha-beta mandates

... income-type assets and commodity-based funds. "The changes had nothing to do with market timing but is all about the re-assessment of QSuper's long term risk allocation, particularly for the defined benefit portion of their fund," said Holzberger. Michelle ...

The miseducation on research

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
Fallout from recent high profile collapses among property-based investment groups such as Westpoint, Fincorp, ACR and Bridgecorp, and now with Basis Capital, highlights that investors sometimes don't quite understand the role research plays in helping ...

ING boosts life payments

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... doubling from $1 million to $2.5 million. Enhanced underwriting requirements for group risk insurance, more flexible risk assessment processes for overseas working secondants, amendments to the salary definition to determine the actual salary prior to ...

Economic round-up: A greener shade of dirty

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
... emissions have topped those of the US by 8 per cent, according to preliminary estimates by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP). In 2006 China's CO2 emissions from fossil fuels increased by 9 per cent whereas US emissions decreased by ...

Economic round-up: Kiwis at war with inflation

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
... Dr Alan Bollard, started his credit squeeze at the beginning of 2004 when the cash rate was at 5 per cent. A Policy Assessment Statement issued on the RBNZ website explained the reasons why the rate was increased and it had nothing to do with offering ...

Regulation of private equity unlikely to change

... and accounting professions was for current regulatory arrangements to stand. Cooper said his finding was based on an assessment of the 21 submissions made to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics' inquiry into the regulation of private equity. The ...

BT replaces Intech with Watson Wyatt

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
... Brentnall, head of BT Investment Solutions, said Watson Wyatt would complement the BT team's internal research and assessment capabilities. Watson Wyatt will also provide Brentnall's team with capital markets, asset allocation and risk management advice. ...

Risk awareness up, costs down: Aon

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... of risk management, though, with 94 per cent of respondents saying their boards are either actively engaged in risk assessment or reviewing risk management policies and systems. One third of surveyed corporations now also have a chief risk officer. However ...

Act now for no regrets: ANZ FP

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... valuable resource to assess your financial position and consider the options available," he said. "Those who extend that assessment by visiting an ANZ financial planner could be on their way to living with no financial regrets."

Advisers waiting for better SMAs: survey

... financial advisers), due for release next week. The 'supply' side SMA survey, titled the 2006 SMA Report: Technology Assessment and Benchmarking was conducted late last year where eight SMA products publicly available at the time where benchmarked to ...