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Watson Wyatt creates dual responsibility role

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
Watson Wyatt has appointed an Australian superannuation and administration services manager in a dual responsibility role to also take charge of quality management for Watson Wyatt's Asia Pacific region. Colette Colman, previously head of operations ...

Morgan Stanley steps up local game

Short of using a brass band and a bugle horn, global giant Morgan Stanley Investment Management plans an aggressive push locally and is due to launch a series of funds, including Australian equities, while also hitting the recruitment trail. For an ...

AMPFP scraps industry funds

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP) has announced it is removing industry funds from its approved product list, citing a lack of client demand. AMPFP said that its planner network had received little demand from clients for industry funds and the costs involved ...

Citibank's Agent Penny: licensed to teach

Citibank in Malaysia has stepped up to the plate with a forward thinking investor education initiative that uses a comic book character called Agent Penny to promote financial education among young kids. Not to be confused with the great 007 character ...

Baby boomers set to live it up in retirement: CommBank

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
A Commonwealth Bank (CBA) survey has revealed that baby boomers will approach retirement in a far more active way than past generations, with two-thirds believing they will be able to afford their lifestyle of choice. The Lifestyle Aspirations survey ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2006
Interest rate concerns dominated last week's trading activity after the US Federal Reserve, as expected, announced another 25 basis point tightening in monetary policy, taking the federal funds rate target to 5 per cent. Investors' concerns were not ...

Intrinsic finds value in Islamic investing

Intrinsic Investment Management hopes to address the needs of Muslim-Australian investors through an investment product that satisfies Shariah Law, a code of principles that many Muslims follow as part of their faith. Intrinsic's managing director Glenn ...

Legg Mason rebrands Citigroup AM as ClearBridge Advisors

Legg Mason has renamed the former Citigroup Asset Management US Equity Group, which it acquired from Citigroup in December last year, to Clearbridge Advisors. ClearBridge Advisors' chief executive, Brian Posner, said that the renaming is part of a wider ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2006
Following a week of controversy surrounding the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) announcement of a 25 basis point hike in the country's official cash rate, this week will give financial markets more variables to digest as the Federal Treasury delivers ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) finally put to rest market speculation over monetary policy by raising the official cash rate by 25 basis points to a five year high of 5.75 per cent. The RBA last lifted interest rates in March 2005. Market expectations ...