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AvSuper axes ME Bank mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
AvSuper has terminated a minor mandate with Members Equity Bank, after the fund trustee determined it was no longer in members' best interests to continue investing with the firm. AvSuper chief executive Michelle Griffiths said the $3.5 million mandate ...

African dev't needs private equity: Mobius

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
Mark Mobius, executive chair at Templeton Asset Management, said private equity firms could play a major role in developing Africa's natural resources. Mobius said the investment outlook for Africa is positive as its agricultural products and abundance ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... day-to-day zig-zagging of the financial markets and we're left with three major macro dynamics -- three coins that would determine the outlook for the global economy. First coin in the fountain. Europe, Europe and Europe. As the weeks roll on, the case ...

Rambo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
United we stand, divided... the euro's sunk! Rambo. What was Germany thinking, going it alone to battle the battalions of speculators determined to burn the euro to the ground? Germany banned the naked short selling on European government bonds, shares ...

Nein to naked shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
If you can't beat 'em, regulate 'em... again. The Germans must have been standing too close to the euro kitchen that they could no longer bear the heat. After all, them Deutsche -- more than any other Eurozone-member nation -- have much at stake and ...

JANA wins legalsuper mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Legalsuper has re-appointed JANA Investment Advisers as its asset consultant for a three-year term. As asset consultant, JANA will continue to provide investment advice and recommendations to support the decision making of legalsuper's board and its ...

Cavendish buys Bendzulla Actuarial

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
Cavendish Superannuation has bought actuarial and retirement services group, Bendzulla Actuarial. Bendzulla is a consulting actuarial practice headquartered in Hobart and services clients nationally. The firm has qualified actuaries resident in most ...

AMP seeks NZ regulator approval for AXA bid

PRESS STATEMENT  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... Pacific's Australian and New Zealand business. AMP's application will be scrutinised by the New Zealand commission to determine whether the acquisition would lower competition in the market. The commission is expected to make a decision on AMP's application ...

Too much ado about Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
So what was the hulaballoo of the past two days all about? It's now looking like too much ado about Greece, and Portugal, and Spain, and... Smokin'! What worries me more is the 25 per cent increase in tobacco tax by Krudd and the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Health Super members get insurance boost

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
No longer employed with a registered employer but still with Health Super? New insurance arrangements mean members can still receive cover despite ceasing employment with an employer. Health Super, which had $8 billion-plus in funds under management ...