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Hyperion restructures, names new MD

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
Boutique Australian equities fund manager Hyperion Asset Management has named Tim Samway new managing director following the decision to establish a private equity business. Samway is currently Hyperion's institutional business director and a founding ...

Default super in modern awards justified: Cbus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
Knowledge of the industry in which members work, results in better-tailored products and justifies the continued support of default super funds in modern awards, according to Cbus. The super fund for the building and construction industry used its submission ...

Retirement funding needs aged care inclusion

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
As budget cuts to public spending loom, wealth providers are warning the cost of aged care needs to be factored into retirement planning. "The likelihood of care and its associated cost needs to be recognised at the beginning of retirement, not when ...

Bennelong Group appoints new director

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
Michael Pratt is the new non-executive director for the Bennelong Group Board and director of the board's philanthropic arm the Bennelong Foundation, effective immediately. Pratt joins the board from his role as head of consumer and SME banking, North ...

New service to boost retiree returns by 1pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
A new service has been launched into Australia to help trustees tailor default investment strategies for their retiree fund members that takes into account their differing risk tolerances and time horizons. Doug Bucknell, managing director of the Australian ...

Govt names Foreign Investment Review chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
Brian Wilson will take over as chair of the Foreign Investment Review Board, replacing John Phillips AO who will retire on April 16 after 15 years in the role. Announced today by Treasurer Wayne Swan, Wilson has been appointed for a five-year period ...

BNP Paribas new Aust CEO

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
BNP Paribas Investment Partners Australia current co-head of institutional business development, David Grybas, is the new chief executive, replacing Robert Harrison who will move to a North American role. Harrison, the current BNP Paribas Investment ...

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
One quarter down and so far... so fantabolously fabulous. Oh yeah, oh yeah. Those of you who are omni-connected to your iGadgets would no doubt have read the news by now (nay, two days ago) about how Wall Street's two most watched indices - the Dow ...

Benchmarks allow funds to abdicate responsibility: Future Fund

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
Peer group measures are liable to lead funds to perverse decisions on asset allocation rather than an appropriate assessment of risk, the Future Fund's chief investment officer has warned a superannuation gathering. In times of extreme market volatility ...

BT Insurance upgrades offer

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... their needs. What we have done is create more flexible products that reflect the changes taking place in the market," said Phil Hay, head of life insurance. Also among the new features are options suited for older clients and new application methods ...