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Optimum hires RBC Dexia

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... specialises in active and index portfolio management and offers ten different bond products, each with a different risk/return profile. The firm's expertise lies in Canadian and international equities. Optimum has over $2.8 billion in assets under management ...

AMP saves more in pension

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... Australia with around 820,000 members. Even if a quarter of them take up the new option, assuming they fit a certain financial profile, additional retirement savings can be in the tens of billions. According to an AMP case study, a 55-year old worker ...

Instreet calls on expertise for funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... the global equity and the commodities funds, respectively. The ratings firm said the funds would appeal to higher risk profile investors who are comfortable with active management and product structuring.

Military Super names Watson as new chief

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... providers, and I will continue to follow its progress with interest," he said. Watson's departure caps off a series of high profile movements at the fund. Former chief executive Steve Gibbs resigned in December to be replaced by new chief Lochiel Crafter ...

Ex-Intech CEO joins Deloitte

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... tax partner, Noelle Kelleher, follow Deloitte's acquisition of actuarial superannuation advisers Buttler Walker and high profile principal Wayne Walker in 2006. Monaghan is the former Deutsche Bank's Asia Pacific chief operating officer for asset management ...

Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... on Rating Watch Positive but changed its rationale. Fitch noted the deal will improve Origin's financial and business profile. The Rating Watch will be resolved when the joint venture has been finalised and Fitch has reviewed Origin's business plans. ...

Growth bond plays tax trump card

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
AMP has launched the AMP Growth Bond, a "tax paid" investment that allows investors to accumulate wealth with no lock in periods. The AMP Growth Bond is an investment or insurance bond style of where tax is paid on investment earnings within the product ...

UBS restructures core business

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... with the integrated 'one firm' business model. "Some of these weaknesses - such as the blurring of the true risk-reward-profile of individual businesses - are the source of substantial risk, as we have seen in the past few months," he said. "A lot has ...

eWrap veteran unveils free planning tool

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
The man behind Asgard Wealth Solutions' eWrap, former project director, Jan Kolbusz has resurfaced and developed decimal - a free website that allows financial planners to quickly make a statement of advice (SoA). Managing director of decimal, Kolbusz ...

Climate change opportunities, not just costs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... climate change, businesses should also look for the commercial opportunities as the world shifts towards a lower carbon profile, said Senator Penny Wong, minister for climate change and water. Speaking yesterday at a Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce ...