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Ipac revises global equities strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
AXA Asia Pacific subsidiary ipac shifts more funds into quantitative investing and away from fundamentally driven strategies when it mandated Enhanced Investment Technologies and Arrowstreet Capital to manage more than $800 million in funds. Enhanced ...

Consumer outlook slows climate cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
Financial planners may find it hard convincing clients about the benefit of socially responsible investments after a new consumer sentiment report found Australians want to take action on climate change as long as it doesn't cost them anything. The ...

Funny Mae, Froggy Mac

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... (GSE) under conservatorship, and their operations regulated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FDHA). The details of the plan include: Access to loan facility secured against the GSE's assets. The US Treasury will buy US$1 billion of senior preferred ...

Retail fund FUM drops $12bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... the June quarter, with Australian Wealth Management (AWM), BT Financial Group and NAB/MLC posting the biggest losses. The Plan for Life analysis of retail managed funds found the sector fell by more than two per cent during the June quarter and almost ...

Sentry expands into Qld

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
Sentry Financial Group purchased Queensland based dealer group Keating McCullough & Associates inline with its strategy to become a top 20 national dealer group in three years. Sentry Financial Group now has 12 dealerships as a result of the purchase. ...

Raise your fixed income bet: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
Financial planners should reassess their clients' exposure to the fixed income sector after a van Eyk review found diversified income managers are primed to take advantage of investment opportunities in credit securities. The firm's diversified income ...

ASFA appoints policy director

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) appointed former BT Financial Group director, Melinda Howes to director of policy and industry practice. Prior to this appointment, Howes worked at the fund manager as director of superannuation ...

Broken hearts from empty pockets

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
Forget environmental or social concerns. A new study found that the uncertain economic climate is the single largest negative influence on the average Australian's sense of wellbeing. According to the latest Australian Unity Wellbeing Index - which ...

Comm Bank expands FP Vic office

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... Corporate Financial Services general manager of market specialists, said opening a Melbourne office was inline with the bank's plan to assist practice owners. "[Opening a Melbourne office] will ensure practice owners operating under Commonwealth Bank's ...

Negline joins Rainmaker

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
Tony Negline has joined the Rainmaker Group, publisher of Financial Standard, as Technical Services Editor, heading the company's technical services library and CPD services for financial planners. In the newly created role, he will be the Editor of ...