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The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
Falling US dollar equals increasing risk appetite? Hmmm...seems strange. The greenback fell to 14-month lows against major currencies last week before Big Ben Bernanke wagged his finger -- warning that, "The time will come when we have to tighten...We ...

ING to guarantee money for life

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
ING Australia has launched MoneyForLife, a new retirement income product that promises to banish investor concerns of ever outliving their savings. For a minimum investment of $50,000, anyone from age 18 to 85 can access the product. Depending on the ...

Supercorp set to launch superMate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
Supercorp Australia is poised to unveil superMate, its next generation self managed superannuation fund administration software built on the technology of its current flagship product, SuperVisor II. The new offering extends the existing SuperVisor ...

Advisers let down by MMs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
Advisers have been let down by under performing multi-manager investments, putting pressure on advisers to rethink how they use their fund research. Robert McGregor, asset consultant to Astarra Funds told the AFA annual conference that "you can outsource ...

Northern Trust targets risk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
Northern Trust has improved its online risk and performance tools with the inclusion of new technology to deliver risk attribution and Value at Risk (VaR) information. The new tools provide an integrated view of historical risk and performance information ...

ANZ buys ING Aus for $1.76bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
ANZ goes up the ranks of the wealth management and life insurance sectors when it acquired the 51 per cent stake it did not own in a joint venture with ING Group for $1.76 billion - transforming it into a $45 billion fund manager with more than 1,700 ...

Paragem to drive process improvement

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
Paragem Dealer Services has appointed a former Coin manager Esther Moseley to the newly created role of head of process improvement for advice practices. Moseley will be in charge of reviewing the workflow and software configuration of over 190 clients ...

PPM opens fund to more Australians

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
Boutique investment manager Private Portfolio Managers (PPM) is opening its doors to more investors through the PPM York Super Fund. PPM currently offers tailored individually managed accounts (IMA) investment strategies to investors looking to invest ...

Planwealth selects Zenith for research

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
Zenith Investment Partners has entered a strategic alliance to provide research services to Queensland-based Planwealth. "Planwealth undertook extensive due diligence on external research providers before confirming its decision to select Zenith," said ...

Martin Currie hires BDM for Asia

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
Martin Currie Investment Management hired former Vanguard Investments institutional business development executive, Ee Fang Chen, as business development director for Asia. Ee Fang was responsible for China, Taiwan and Hong Kong institutional business ...