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Lonsec hires head of ratings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
Ratings house Lonsec has appointed Paul Pavlidis as head of ratings - equity managed funds. Pavlidis will begin his role next January and will be responsible for coordinating Lonsec's research of global and Australian equity managed funds. He will lead ...

The global recession we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
Central banks threw in the kitchen sink. In a coordinated move, six major world central banks each cut their benchmark target interest rate by 50 basis points in efforts to stem the global panic. The US Federal Reserve lowered the fed funds rate to ...

Fed on Zero Interest Rate Policy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
Taking lessons from the past, a shock response from the world's major central banks in the form of big interest rates reductions - in the order of say 50-100 basis points each time - might assist reducing the magnitude and length of the coming recession ...

AXA to ramp up planning revenues by $60m

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
Advisers are expected to add up to $63 million to their books over the next five years through a new three-pronged business plan from AXA. AXA's new strategy revolves around the formula of securing the appropriate business partnerships, maximising the ...

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
Volatility ruled financial market activity last week as investors ignored economic data and focused on developments surrounding the US Treasury/Federal Reserve negotiations with Congress over their proposed bail-out package. Equity and bond markets ...

ESG buck stops with super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
Better and broader environmental, social and governance (ESG) research will occur when the major players high on the 'supply chain' such as super funds demand it, according to John Coombe, JANA executive director. Speaking at the Responsible Investment ...

QIC appoints ESG manager

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
The $80 billion QIC has appointed Kate Grant as corporate ESG manager. Grant will be in charge of the development, implementation, measurement and reporting of QIC's environmental, social and governance integration at an organisation-wide level. "We ...

Planners comment on EDR scheme

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
Financial planners will play an active stance in commenting on ASIC's newest proposal to increase the compensation cap to $280,000 in an external dispute resolution scheme. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) yesterday released ...

NECU videos go high tech

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
Global video specialist firm TANDBERG has won a contract with the New England Credit Union (NECU) to provide video-to-desktop services - upgrading the credit union's customer service while slashing up to $300,000 in operational costs. TANDBERG has been ...

Macquarie hires ex-GSBJW COO

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
Macquarie Funds Group appointed has appointed Irene Deutsch, ex chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs JB Were's securities division, to Australian head of retail distribution in its retail structured products division. Deutsch re-joined Macquarie ...