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None the wiser, all the poorer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
Super, what? The superannuation industry may need to crank up its financial literacy initiatives after yet another survey shows that three in four Australians are expecting their superannuation balance to be higher on their next statement. Mercer's ...

Investors influence credit ratings

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... survey shows. A recent member opinion poll conducted by the CFA Institute found that 11 per cent of those surveyed witnessed a CRA alter its rating in response to pressures from external sources, such as investors and underwriters. Kurt Schacht, managing ...

Kinloch appoints MacarthurCook

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
Listed boutique property funds manager MacarthurCook Investment Managers Limited has been appointed investment manager for the new Kinloch Emerging Markets Property Securities Fund based in New Zealand. According to MacarthurCook, the new offering is ...

CFS GAM names new chief

... Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining State Street, Lazberger was at the State Authorities Superannuation Board, Citibank, and the CRA group. He was also the inaugural president of the Sydney Society of Financial Analysts (SSFA), and is a former board ...

Russell chief resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
Russell Investments' chief executive Craig Ueland has resigned and will be replaced by executive vice president of Northwestern Mutual, John Schlifske. Ueland spent 25 years at Russell, and was named chief executive in 2004. He left the company early ...

Lord Stern launches carbon ratings

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
IDEAglobal Group, a company whose vice-chairman is Lord Stern, has just launched the Carbon Ratings Agency (CRA) service for investors and companies participating in the carbon market. The CRA ratings will operate similarly to credit ratings but focus ...

Cracks appearing in Europe

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
Inflation, falls in retail confidence and employment wobbles are leading to housing market worries across Europe. KBC Asset Management's latest world market analysis reveals that the euro area has held up reasonably well in the past few months and even ...

IOOF buys 13pc stake in MacarthurCook

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
IOOF has bought a 13 per cent stake in boutique property investment fund manager MacarthurCook. In a statement released last Friday on the Australian Securities Exchange, MacarthurCook confirmed that it would form a "strategic investment management ...

CalPERS may lose $947 million

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) may lose nearly $950 million from its investments in US housing crash-victim LandSource. CalPERS invested $947 million in US property developer LandSource, which recently filed for bankruptcy ...

Super savings on track

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
Just as new research confirms that Australians are on track for a retirement income equivalent to more than 90 per cent of average weekly earnings, concerns are growing about the damage rising inflation could have on these savings goals. AMP which has ...