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UN PRI assets reach $15tr

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
The number of signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) doubled in one year to 381 firms representing approximately $14.8 trillion in assets under management. At the UN PRI's annual conference, the PRI Report on ...

Telstra's McCredden joins UniSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
Terry McCredden, the previous chief executive of Telstra Super, is soon to head a fund twice the size of his former employer when he joins $24 billion super fund, UniSuper. McCredden served as chief executive of Telstra Super Pty Ltd since 1990 and ...

Oceanic and AIFA launch 13-wk FP course

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
A joint venture between Sydney based Oceanic Human Resources and the Australian Institute of Financial Services & Accounting (AIFA) is addressing the national financial planner shortage by creating a 13-week fast track planning course. The Professional ...

Ex-AFS distribution head joins FPSA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
Financial Planning Services Australia (FPSA) has appointed ex- Australian Financial Services head of distribution, Mark Ryan, as director and dealer principal. Director of FPSA Deborah Baron said Ryan will be invaluable in driving strategy to take FPSA ...

BT raises savings for term deposits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
BT Financial Group raises the stakes in providing the best cash alternative for super investors after boosting its one-year term deposit rate by 30 basis points to 8.4 per cent. According to the firm, it increased its term deposit rate after roughly ...

QIC taps EMs with risk control

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
QIC has launched the created QIC Emerging Markets (EM) Equity Fund - a risk-controlled and cost-effective strategy that allows funds to invest in emerging markets. The Queensland-based investment manager acknowledges EMs have traditionally posed governance ...

Mums-and-dads want investing made simple

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
A comprehensive two-year study of retail and institutional investors in the US has found there is still a great divide between how mums-and-dads invest as opposed to their insto counterparts. The findings were from a University of Queensland Business ...

Northern Trust appoints Calvitto

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
Nasdaq-listed Northern Trust has appointed ex-ANZ executive Angelo Calvitto as a senior relationship manager in its Melbourne office. In this newly created role, Calvitto will contribute to several of the company's strategic initiatives in Asia Pacific ...

Lincoln to launch more 'golden rule' funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
Melbourne-based Australian share research house Lincoln plans to use its tried-and-tested approach to launch three products across small caps, income and global equities in the next 12 to 18 months. Elio D'Amato, Lincoln chief executive, said the firm ...

KBC Global Water rated recommended

Blue gold investing is yet to hit mainstream in Australia but for those who believe there's money to be made in water investments, Lonsec singles out KBC Global Water as one to watch. KBC Global Water is a fund managed by Dublin-based KBC Asset Management ...