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StatewideSuper appoints new board member

STATEWIDE SUPER ANNOUNCEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
Senior union official Ian Steel has joined the board of directors of StatewideSuper, South Australia's largest super fund for the private sector. Steel is currently assistant secretary of the Australian Services Union (ASU) SA/NT branch and has almost ...

NGS Super considers Shariah-compliant option

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
NGS Super is looking to launch a Shariah-compliant investment option based on the feedback from the Islamic members of the fund. Chief executive Anthony Rodwell-Ball told the audience at yesterday's Rainmaker Marketing Symposium that the fund is working ...

Glum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
Glum has entered the building. Remember him? The teenie weenie Lilliputian in Gulliver's Travels who when faced with a predicament - any predicament - exclaims, "We'll never make it! We're doomed!" So it is with Wall Street and its view of the US economy ...

Insto flows boost TRG results

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Treasury Group Limited, which supports, distributes and invests in boutique fund management businesses, reported a near 36 per cent increase in normalised net profits yesterday, off the back of net inflows and improving markets. The company said normalised ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market was in positive territory at noon on Thursday, with gains in the banking sector balancing losses in the mining sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 13.6 points, or 0.31 per cent, at 4,333.7, while the ...

Cards for houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Houses continue to burn in America. Yes Virgie, we learned yesterday that no one wanted to buy old houses (existing homes) in the States after the government stopped giving would-be homeowners free money. Last night, we found out that neither were they ...

Record inflows into legalsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Non-employer contributions into legalsuper have increased by a record rate last year despite the halving of contribution caps and continued investment uncertainty, according to the fund. Reporting on the year ended 30 June, Andrew Proebstl, legalsuper ...

Tower names chief underwriter, new mgr

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Tower Australia has appointed two new senior managers to its risk new business team. "It is our objective to change the experience for financial advisers in delivering life solutions to their customers," said Luke Banfield, head of customer service ...

H3 Global 'highly recommended': Zenith

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
The H3 Global Commodities Fund was given a "highly recommended" rating while the H3 Global Strategies Fund earned "recommended", after each of the funds were assessed by Zenith. "The H3 Global Strategies Fund provides non-correlated returns to traditional ...

Nigerian PenCom adjusts pension

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
Nigerian regulations on investments of pension fund assets may soon be under review with the National Pension Commission (PenCom) determined to bring them in line with the current economic realities, according to overseas reports. The review of these ...