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Schroders AP fund on hold

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Schroder's Asia Pacific fund has been put on hold by ratings house Standard & Poor's (S&P) following the departure of the fund's portfolio manager, Millicent Lai. Lai quit Schroders to pursue "other opportunities", according to a statement released ...

Clitheroe and Kelty honoured

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... Kelty was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for his work in the establishment of Australia's superannuation system. He was also honoured for service to the trade union movement, particularly through the establishment of the universal ...

Paid maternity leave must include super: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Paid maternity leave schemes must not ignore superannuation, warns the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). In its submission to the Productivity Commission, the AIST which is the peak super body for nearly two-thirds of the Australian ...

Syndicated loan market contracts by half

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Syndicated lending by Australian banks fell by around half during the March 2008 quarter, in one measure of the restricted availability of corporate credit since the global credit crunch emerged in mid 2007. The Bank for International Settlements estimated ...

QSuper appoints strategy head

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... chief strategy officer. Davis joins QSuper's executive team and will be responsible for driving and developing the superannuation fund's strategic plan, along with achieving the direction set by the QSuper Board of Trustees. Davis will also drive emerging ...

ING A rejects munitions claims

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
ING Australia has hit back at claims that it invests in companies that manufacture cluster munitions, stating it applied strict standards that prevented investments in such practices and that it is already a signatory of the Equator Principles. Last ...

Rainmaker Marketing Awards celebrate best of the best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... Symposium this week. Wayne Sullivan, Sunsuper marketing manager was awarded the Rainmaker Marketer of the Year in the superannuation category, while Jean Luc Ambrosi, BlackRock Investment Management head of marketing won Marketer of the Year - Investment ...

Future Fund to release quarterly public reports

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... financial year and beyond," said Costello. Crucially, Costello said the Future Fund does not see itself as part of superannuation industry because it has only one direct stakeholder - the Commonwealth Government not individual fund members. While the ...

FinLit teachers package released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... school so they're better equipped to make informed consumer decisions," said Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law. The resource materials will be incorporated into core school curriculum subjects, including English and mathematics ...

Sunsuper teams with Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
Sunsuper has engaged Mercer to provide investment consulting advice and supplement their expanding in-house investment team. The $13 billion public fund manages $13 billion and during the last few years has been expanding its portfolio with a series ...