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Investors eager for more bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
There have been 13 new convertible bond issuances in the Asia Pacific since last September and as the financial markets recover, investors remain eager for more, according to dealReporter. Comparatively, before the credit crunch, there were 30 new issues ...

Telstra Super rolls out phone advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... the advice, said the fund. The Telstra Super superannuation adviser would help establish the members' investment risk profile and consider their current lifecycle, before suggesting changes to their super relating to investment choice, contributions ...

Financial planning is key: Westpac

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
Westpac chief executive and managing director, Gail Kelly, said in a briefing yesterday that the bank's financial planning business is central to Westpac's multi-brand strategy. Speaking at the Trans-Tasman Business Circle lunch briefing, Kelly said ...

ABCs of super still confusing: Suncorp

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... others are allocated pension, non-binding beneficiary, personal super, automatic acceptance limit, unit pricing, risk profile, conditions of release and asset fees. Vicki Doyle, head of superannuation and investments at Suncorp said the disparity between ...

Don't confuse advice: Guardian

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... a process that encompassed between one and three interviews with the client and the establishment of the client's risk profile, which has been shown to be absolutely vital in the wake of such fiascos as Storm Financial. It also includes taking into consideration ...

Volatility: a new asset class?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
Volatility is not just a market barometer of investor sentiment, it is an emerging asset class too, said a fund manager that has amassed $5.8 billion on volatility strategies since 1999. French fund management giant Credit Agricole Asset Management ...

Timbercorp growers favour consortium

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
Timbercorp growers are welcoming talks with a recently formed consortium - TCGrowers - which is looking to buy the embattled agricultural group's forestry assets. According to an update yesterday on the TCGrowers website, the group had received very ...

BGI and BlackRock mandates under review

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... consultant to source managers which fit the agenda. And if existing mandates no longer match the fund's risk and return profile, then dropping the mandates could be a strong possibility. "If our review of the managers suggest that [they no longer fit ...

First Super mulls Timbercorp rescue

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
First Super, the $1.5 billion industry super fund for the furniture, pulp, paper and timber industries, has entered a consortium with South Australia-based Penola Pulp Mill and the management of Timbercorp Forestry to discuss the acquisition of Timbercorp's ...

One fund to fight lost super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
Eligible rollover fund AUSfund is calling for the creation of a single ERF to combat lost super as "structural efficiencies" and high fees continue to hamper the system. AUSfund, which has HESTA, AustralianSuper, CBUS and HOST-PLUS among its clients ...