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Raise the pension, says seniors

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
A consumer body is flagging the need for a raise in the Age Pension following reports that the government may ditch the $500 bonus payment to senior Australians this year. Australia's largest consumer organisation for older Australians, National Seniors ...

CalPERS pumps cash into fund-of-funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
US pension giant California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has invested an extra $323.1 million last week for emerging managers. CalPERS has awarded $161.5 million each to emerging manager fund-of-funds manager Leading Edge Investment ...

Seeking six figures online

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
A new recruitment website that links high income job seeking-hopefuls directly with employers is due to be launched next week, hoping to change the face of the high-end employment scene. Six Figures ( www.sixfigures.com.au ) is the brainchild of HR ...

Macquarie buys Allegiance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
Macquarie Bank's Funds Management Group (MFMG) has deepened its roots in the US funds management market by scooping up California-based fixed income fund manager, Allegiance Investment Management. Financial details of the transactions were not disclosed ...

BNY Mellon champions fiduciary transition

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
A fiduciary transition management style beats the conventional "agent" model when it comes to cutting admin costs, according to BNY Mellon Asset Management Australia. Mellon Transition Management Services (MTMS), the transition management specialist ...

Attack of the hedge clones

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
The global hedge fund industry is in for a major makeover as hedge fund replication tools or "clones" permeate through the sector to deliver returns at the fraction of traditional costs. Banking giant Goldman Sachs spearheaded the cloning phenomenon ...

Liechtenstein blocks AML

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
The tiny principality of Liechtenstein, famous for its status as a global tax and investment haven, still poses a threat to international anti-money laundering efforts, a new International Monetary Fund report reveals. Liechtenstein's financial sector ...

Macquarie to downsize mortgage staff

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
Macquarie Securitisation Ltd confirmed today that it is seeking to cut back the number of its mortgage origination staff following this morning's announcement that the group is winding back its Australian residential mortgage origination services. Peter ...

Becton selects DSTi

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
ASX-listed Becton Property Group has announced that it will implement DST International's HiPortfolio Unit Pricing solution to its investment management division. The incorporation of the HiPortfolio Unit Pricing is expected to facilitate a more proactive ...

FGF wins $162m QIC mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
Melbourne-based financial services company Fisher Graham Financial (FGF) has secured a $161.7 million mandate from QIC for the firm's specialist Asian markets investment partner, Yeoman Capital Management. Yeoman Capital Management, a Singapore-based ...