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Souls funds 'On Hold' after CIO resigned

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... sectors. Neither Villante nor Stephens have communicated their reasons for departing the group, although it appears at this stage that they are not joining a competitor. Funds placed 'On Hold' are the Souls Australian Equity Fund, the Souls Select Australian ...

Gonzalez move a win-win: analyst

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... is to take the helm at BT Investment Management, a high profile recruitment that is a coup for BT but could also set the stage for fresh changes at Perpetual, said an analyst. Emilio Gonzalez, former group executive, global equities at Perpetual, joins ...

Tower taps UK trends to upgrade insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
The life insurer who won the year's largest insurance mandate from a super fund, Tower Australia, has tapped the UK market's latest trends to boost its flagship Accelerate platform. Tower is unveilling its new Accelerated Protection platform - an improved ...

HK investors win big on game show

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
Hong Kong's securities and futures market regulator is taking financial literacy to another level with a three-stage investments game show where contestants can win up to $7,000 in cash prizes. The first round of the Securities and Futures Commission ...

Small caps and Asia on Auscoal radar

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... Watson. Watson said the fund is at its target equity allocations, and has no plans to change our strategic allocations at this stage. However, he said that there "are always ongoing reviews of investment sectors" and mandates within the fund. In the ...

AXA tackles longevity risk with North

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... plans to launch another North product that provides a guaranteed income stream next year. The product, still in development stage, provides the flexibility of an allocated pension, which keeps savings fully invested, but also includes a guarantee on ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... Richard Morrow said gold and minerals were the main feature of morning trade. "The bigger gold stocks are taking centre stage," Mr Morrow said. Lihir jumped 16 cents, or 5.39 per cent, to $3.13 and Newcrest Mining gained $2.20, or 6.68 per cent, to $35.13. ...

Lateral Thinking selects Powerwrap

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
Melbourne financial planning firm, Lateral Thinking, has selected Praemium-backed Powerwrap as its preferred supplier of portfolio administration platform services. The new wrap platform uses the technological expertise of ASX-listed Australian portfolio ...

Industry funds in NRL grand final

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
Industry funds have won their way into the NRL grand finals with HOSTPLUS and ME Bank set to take center stage as major sponsors of the Melbourne Storm, who face the Parramatta Eels this weekend. HOSTPLUS, which is in its fourth year of Storm sponsorship ...

Asset Super pumps up insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
Asset Super is introducing automatic life stage increases to members' insurance, and boosting the sum insured to each unit of standard cover in a bid to tackle underinsurance. The $1.1 billion industry fund will increase each unit of standard cover ...