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The man who broke the pound retires

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010

Ipac boosts insurance-related investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... investments. We could look at life settlements as well, and the reason they're attractive is that the driver of their pay off profile is clearly not linked to macro economic and corporate developments," he said. While the Palmetto fund has returned better ...

AMP Capital opens NY office

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... clients' increasing appetite for global mandates with the opening of a new North American Infrastructure office - making high profile recruitments to get things underway. "AMP Capital is one of the most experienced global infrastructure investment managers ...

AMP Cap Equity Fund analyst departs, prompts 'sell'

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... in April. Fitzgerald's departure is the sixth in nine months for the manager. The fund manager suffered from two high profile departures in April, including small cap equity portfolio manager Michael Hughes. "The announcement of Simon Fitzgerald's departure ...

AMP hires sales execs for IFAs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... has been promoted to regional manager VIC/TAS. Styles had been with AMP for 12 months, prior to which he gained market profile and experience at Comminsure, IOOF and National Mutual. These announcements follow the recent Queensland appointments of Kevin ...

Trustees warned as APRA toughens guidances

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... and proprietary test is just as tough as APRA has said it will broaden its review net to a trustee's entire professional profile rather than just as it concerns their superannuation experience. The regulator has also used the revised guidances to remind ...

Insurance industry on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... he said. The firm has seen consistent hiring activity for executives earning salaries up to circa $160,000 - but high profile positions such as managing directors or head of asset classes will be replaced if someone resigns, even if the market is flat. ...

Overseas pensions shine in communications

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... unearthed a number of successful communications campaigns - especially from the US. One DC plan provider was able to boost its profile among members by providing information sheets that featured stick men describing how easy it was to look at retirement ...

Frozen fund investors get $36m settlement

COMMERCE COMMISSION RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... rate by 2 per cent per annum after taxes and fees. The marketing material described the fund as having a moderate risk profile. Following tax law changes in Australia and New Zealand in 2004, which affected how tax was paid in the fund, the Diversified ...

Advice goes direct to retail shopfronts

... the Horizons academy and we're moving early in this space [retail shops], and for us it is all about really lifting that profile, we think about 17 or 18 per cent of people who should use advisers do... that should be around 30 per cent," he said. Critics ...