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BNP Paribas wins Ashton custody

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
BNP Paribas Securities Services was selected by Ashton Advisers (Australia) to provide custody and fund administration services to its funds, ahead of its plan to launch two funds to the Australian retail market. Nick Raphaely, Ashton Advisors executive ...

Principal goes beyond property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
Principal Global Investors is set to go beyond its traditional property and income products with the launch of a new emerging markets fund and global equities fund early next year. The global equities fund will be a true first for the company in Australia ...

Labor supports financial services export push

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
The Shadow Minister for Trade and Regional Development, Simon Crean, has announced the Labor party's support for the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) May discussion paper on exporting Australia's financial services. Speaking at an ...

AustralianSuper presents pension made easy

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
... million members and more than $28 billion in funds under management. Currently AustralianSuper retiree members can use the IRIS pension products but the home grown product will be a big step forward in eliminating brand confusion especially if it aligns ...

Web videocalls invigorate rural banking and remote advice

... and with videoconferencing, we're trying to enhance our services to our customers," said Dupe. The next stop is the use of iris technology as a means to verify the identity of their account holders. "I think potentially signatures will become a thing ...

Global pension fund assets hit A$30 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
Global institutional pension fund assets in the 11 major markets have more than doubled over the past decade to reach A$30 trillion, according to Watson Wyatt's Global Pension Assets Study. Roger Urwin, global head of investment consulting at Watson ...

Irish future fund puts faith in passive investing

The National Pensions Reserve Fund, Ireland's equivalent to Australia's Future Fund, has awarded a $5 billion ((a,-3 billion) passive equity mandate to Bank of Ireland Asset Management Limited (BIAM) and State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). BIAM will ...

MTAA Super launches its own pension products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2006
... in a significant move, even though MTAA Super is a shareholder in Industry Fund Services (IFS), it will not be using the IRIS allocated pension product. We needed our pension investment options to reflect the MTAA Super investment options, said Jones. ...

Fiducian grabs an RSE license

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
... the fact it already had a lot of the processes in place prior to the licensing applications. Fiducian's general counsel, Iris Horoch, said "It was a very inclusive process that was managed from top down. Fiducian's board and senior management were very ...

Perpetual appoints new chairman and announces record profit

Perpetual Trustees Australia Ltd (Perpetual) has appointed Robert Savage to the role of chairman following the retirement of Charles Curran with the company also announcing a record operating profit after tax of $111.6 million. The retirement of Curran ...