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Former Royal Bank of Canada employee jailed for insider trading

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013

The life insurance sustainability challenge

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
Australian retail and group insurance markets need a greater focus on risk selection so that insurers can return to sustainable long-term profitability, Alain NA(C)emeh, executive vice president, Australia and Canada at Reinurance Group of America (RGA) ...

Advice proposition props up mortgage broker market share

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
A focus on providing customers with tailored advice has helped the mortgage broking industry retain its market share in the face of strong competition from the lending market, according to Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) chief executive ...

Canadian pension funds flock to Aussie infra

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
"Safe-haven" Australian infrastructure and property assets are seeing a wave of interest from Canadian pension fund investors, according to The Trust Company. Fresh from a visit to some of Canada's leading pension funds, Andrew Cannane, general manager ...

CFSGAM appoints CIO, infra analyst

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has appointed Paul Griffiths to the newly created role of chief investment officer of Fixed Interest and Credit, effective July 1. Griffiths will be based in London and his appointment, as well as ...

Time to rebalance as cash returns fall: Bridgewater

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Cash returns are likely to fall to below 1% and stay low for a long period of time, according to Bridgewater portfolio strategist Jeff Gardner. In a presentation at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) about portfolio construction and ...

QROP advise must improve: AMP

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
While financial planners are regularly asked to advise on overseas pension transfers, considerable care must be taken to ensure a misunderstanding of international rules doesn't result in huge tax penalties. This was one of the overarching missives ...

CFP ranks to top 150,000 in 2013

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
The Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB), owner of the international Certified Financial Planner certification program, reported that the global number of CFP professionals jumped from 139,818 at year-end 2011 to 147,822 12 months later. At the ...

Colonial First State wins $500m in Russell mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has been handed $500 million worth of mandates across Australia, the US and Canada after Russell Investments included it on its Global Listed Infrastructure multi-manger platform. Colonial First State Americas ...

AMP Capital attracts $872m from two new offshore investors

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
AMP Capital has attracted $872 million in equity from two new international investors following plans to invest in the redevelopment of some of the country's largest shopping centres. The newly acquired equity will be invested directly in the AMP Capital ...