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Perpetual to debut global resources

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
Fund manager Perpetual is going to the market this year with a new global resources fund, which has beaten its benchmark by a mile since its incubation four-and-a-half years ago. The new fund, Perpetual Global Resources, is managed by James Bruce, who ...

Premium appoints former Aust Ethical sales head

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Premium Wealth Management has named Paul Harding-Davis, previously the head of sales and marketing at Australian Ethical Investment, as general manager. Harding-Davis will start later this month and takes over the role vacated by Jeremy Wardell, who ...

Janus pools $660m in Global Research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Global fund manager Janus has won US$700 million ($660 million) of new inflows in the past six months in a portfolio that suits the needs of risk-focused institutional investors. In Australia late last month, Janus' chief risk officer Dan Scherman told ...

Regrets, I've had a few

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
One in two retirees wished they saved more in super or saved earlier in their working life, particularly after belatedly discovering that not everyone can get a full or part pension when in financial strife, a survey found. The Investment Trends 2010 ...

Board seats open for Women in Super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
Women in Super (WIS) continues its push for better representation of women on executive boards, particularly super funds, through a new scholarship program. NSW WIS will fund the attendance of up to four NSW WIS members to a 'Women on Boards' Workshop ...

AFA prep advisers for FOFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has prepared a handy member's guide to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, complete with details on AFA's stance on the proposed changes. The FOFA reforms will be tabled in parliament by spring ...

YouTube, you beauty

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
YouTube used to be the domain of teenagers and the odd adult videotaping quirky and fun stuff, but today super funds can use it for more lofty goals - and it won't cost their members a cent. Tim Martin, director at 2 Sticks Digital Marketing, said that ...

Super policies shortchange women

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
Women are severely disadvantaged by existing government rules on super, with new research that shows two in five women accumulate less than a year's worth of super come retirement. A survey of more than 800 Australian women, aged between 50 to 80 years ...

PineBridge enjoys strong inflows in EM debt

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
From managing a modest $25 million in emerging markets in the mid-90s to $5.5 billion today, global fund manager Pinebridge Investments is benefiting from the growing number of investors that use EM debt as a portfolio diversifier. Rajeev Mittal, head ...

BTIM sales head joins UBS GAM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
Bryce Doherty has left his role as head of wholesale sales at BT Investment Management to take up a similar position at UBS Global Asset Management. Doherty starts his role at UBS in mid-May and will be reporting to Ben Heap, head of UBS GAM in Australia. ...