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AustralianSuper and Mercer now a tag team

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... board. AustralianSuper will be allowed access to Mercer's service platform, while the consulting firm will scoop the industry plan as one of its largest outsourcing clients locally. The tendering process for this agreement was conducted by consulting ...

Post sub-prime, ethics more crucial than ever: CFAs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
Australia has just hosted its first ever board meeting for the chartered financial analysts (CFA) institute who are here to talk about what they need to do to keep up with growing demand for their professional qualifications. "Domestically the CFA brand ...

Tricom trading on unusual terms

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
Tricom Equities yesterday clarified a couple of details amid the market and media rumour storm connected to the group's surge in margin calls and its failure to settle stock market trades at the beginning of this week. Tricom said in a media statement ...

Goodall joins Plan for Life

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
Former ANZ Financial Planning general manager, Mike Goodall has been appointed as a risk consultant at Plan For Life (PFL). According to Simon Solomon, managing director at Plan For Life, Goodall will facilitate implement PFL's Risk Online Quotation ...

Client service before compliance: Bradley

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
The financial services industry should stop complaining about the burden of compliance and realign its practices with investor interests or risk further regulation, according to Graham Bradley, chairman of HSBC Bank Australia. "Increased compliance ...

Schroders shielded from LPT burnout

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
The Australian arm of international asset manager, Schroders, managed to buffer a portion of the credit and stockmarket crisis' impact when it sold all listed properties from its equity, balanced, and high yield funds over a year ago. Many investors ...

Back to school for MA providers

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... possible to highlight MA service offerings to both providers and Australian investors. "From the board's point of view, the plan is to have the education program ready by the end of February so we can start rolling it out in March," said Byrne. IMAP ...

More bulls than bears

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
More than three quarters of Australian investment managers expect high corporate earnings growth in Australia, a far more optimistic view than their US and European counterparts, according to an AXA Rosenberg survey. AXA Rosenberg surveyed 196 investment ...

High conviction champions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
Opportunistic and high conviction funds passed the 'bear market test' with flying colours, based on recent performance data. Critics have argued that opportunistic and high conviction funds - designed to perform well during a market fallout - are so ...

Australia number 1 in managed funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
Australia retains its status as the global lead in managed funds, as investors continue to pump more into the sector compared with their US and European counterparts. According to the AFG global funds management index, Australians boast an average of ...