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David Hunt joins RI Advice

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
David Hunt, former group head of licensee select at BT Financial has joined RI Advice as northern region manager. RI's chief executive Paul Campbell said "David is the ideal fit for our business, with proven success in partnering with practices to drive ...

Gen-Y teach old dogs new investment tricks: RaboDirect

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
They may take exponentially longer to leave home, and have unrealistic job expectations, but Gen-Y are better with their finances than originally thought. According to a survey commissioned by RaboDirect, Gen-Y's financial know-how is often better than ...

Wealth gap narrows in China

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Farmers in China have seen their incomes grow rapidly this year, helping to close a wealth gap between rural and urban areas. It was the third year in a row that the gap has narrowed, according to a Ministry of Agriculture report cited by the state ...

Relax legislation on deferred annuities: Challenger

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Misconceptions about annuities are one of the biggest problems for people who sell them, said Brian Benari, chief executive officer and managing director, Challenger. Annuities can play an important role in combating longevity risk, so providers need ...

New emerging market dividend fund

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Two Australian institutional investors, one a super fund, have been the first to invest in a newly available emerging markets dividend fund. Emerging market equities specialist Somerset Capital has launched the registered Australian managed investment ...

Tas public sector fund awards TD mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
Tasmania's public sector superannuation fund has awarded a term deposit mandate to fixed income specialist FIIG Securities. FIIG was approached by the Tasmanian Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF) for its network of more than 60 authorised deposit taking ...

Wilson board to reject Mariner offer

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
Wilson HTM's board of directors intends to advise shareholders to reject Mariner Corporation's offer for shares in the company. In a letter to shareholders, Wilson HTM managing director Andrew Coppin said that the board would be rejecting Mariners "Conditional ...

UBS to cut up to 10 000 jobs

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
Swiss bank UBS AG could cut as many as 10 000 jobs after announcing a $AUD 2.25 billion net profit loss on Tuesday. As part of a cost-cutting following the result, Switzerland's biggest bank said that it "is likely to have a headcount of around 54 000" ...

Strong growth from Australian fund managers

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
Australian fund managers have once again grown strongly, according to research from Towers Watson. There are now 23 Australian managers in the Pensions & Investments/Towers Watson World 500, five more than last year. These managers have an aggregate ...

Investor confidence hits 14 year low

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
State Street's global Investor Confidence Index (ICI) has posted its biggest drop in 14 years. Global investor confidence on the index fell from a revised reading in September of 87.3, to 80.6. The plummet in global confidence stemmed from a steep drop ...