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India tech giant opens local devt base

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008

... open a Melbourne office, shortly after opening a major IT development centre in Sydney this week - all part of an ambitious plan to better serve its growing client base locally. The group said the opening of the Sydney office is part of HCL's global ...

Advisers snub commission-free ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008

A key reason financial advisers choose managed funds over exchange traded funds (ETFs) is because ETFs fail to provide enough financial incentives, according to CommSec. In its latest newsletter for investors, CommSec said the Australian ETF market ...

Plan B bears market pain

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008

Boutique wealth manager Plan B's full year results were not as stellar as the numbers in the half year although the company still managed to meet its earnings target and dish out higher-than-planned dividends for shareholders. Six months ago, Plan B ...

Guild selects Mercer for admin

MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008

... Group's appointment and the also being selected by two other industry plans indicated the firm's arrival in the industry plan outsourcing segment. "We now have a number of industry plan clients and we are well and truly open for business in this space," ...

IRESS buys boost profits

RUTH LIEW | WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008

IRESS' buying spree earlier this year has fattened the profits of the company's wealth management business by 7.2 per cent. IRESS wealth management arms in Australia and New Zealand reported a healthy first half with revenue increasing by 7.2 per cent ...

Credit investors put bond issuers on notice

WWW.THESHEET.COM | WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008

... announced that it had negotiated a standstill agreement with its financial guarantor and was working on a recapitalisation plan. The trigger for this was traffic volume that fell short of forecast by almost half. On top of that the group providing the ...

AXA to list wholesale prop fund

MICHAEL HOBBS | WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008

AXA plans to list its $1.07 billion wholesale property fund as a way to avoid any "detrimental" impact on unitholders should volatility in the property sector continue. The firm proposes to list the fund before the end of the year subject to unitholder ...

CalPERS unveils infrastructure plan

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008

America's largest pension fund California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is rolling out a two-year specialised investment strategy for infrastructure - heralding its interest in increased portfolio diversity. According to a statement ...

LUCRF appoints Bluedoor for admin

MICHAEL HOBBS | TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008

LUCRF Super appointed wealth management software developer, Bluedoor Technologies to provide the fund's administration technology service and boost its productivity levels by 30 per cent. LUCRF Super will use Bluedoor Technologies administration platform ...

Atom joins SII global group

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008

South Africa's second largest wealth management group, Sanlam International Investments (SII), has established an Australia-Pacific beach head through its acquisition of Atom Funds Management, a niche Australian boutique small-cap investment manager. ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Apostle Funds Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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