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Fidelity launches Aust equity income fund in Japan

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... developed countries surveyed by the London Business School and Credit Suisse - a dividend return of 5.76% (just behind South Africa's market yield of 5.82%) over the past 112 years. Some of the highest dividend paying stocks include Telstra and the banks. ...

AMP appoints ESG research associate

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... number of sectors. Andrews has worked with consultants KPMG and PWC in the area of sustainability in Australia and South Africa. He has also worked as an environmental consultant in South Africa and Mozambique, primarily in the mining and energy sectors. ...

Calls for super industry to up focus on beta

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... Superannuation Funds, John Oliphant, head of actuarial and investments at the Government Employees Pension Fund in South Africa spoke of the fund's commitment to sustainable investment domestically, searching for gaps in affordable housing and education ...

Forum: Women Driving Change

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... head of underwriting and claims at Macquarie Life spoke of the practicalities concerning quota implementation in South Africa, saying training programs and flexibility were key to allow organisations to retain and transfer talent upwards, meeting diversity ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... Billiton added 59 cents, or 1.6 per cent, to $37.50 after it announced it had sold its Richards Bay Minerals arm in South Africa to Rio Tinto, in a deal that sees BHP exiting the titanium metals industry. Rio Tinto gained $1.82, or 2.6 per cent, to $70.56. ...

Pengana fund manager departs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... Gensec. He also worked as a trader/analyst, as well as a hedge fund arbitrage manager and proprietary trader in both South Africa and Ireland. Pengana's Asian Equities fund invests in listed Asia Pacific securities, including those listed outside ...

Reinsurance talent runs dry

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... search while local candidates are experiencing a new sense of control in job negotiations. Candidates from the UK, South Africa and New Zealand are now the most common new source of reinsurance talent with claims people, underwriters and analysts of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
Australian shares had held on to their slight opening gains at noon, led by defensive sectors such as healthcare and consumer staples. At 1225 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 24.8 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4253.4, while the broader ...

FPA welcomes standards

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... the Australian population and 3,400 unique visits to the campaign website. Around 1000 delegates from Australia, South Africa, Hong Kong and New Zealand were in attendance, making it a "truly international event", said Master of Ceremonies, Andrew Kl ...

Cloud software brings pay-per-audit revolution

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... Sage is part of a multinational group operates in more than 26 countries covering the UK, Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, India and China, it says on its website.