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FOS names insurance ombudsman

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... Financial Ombudsman Service has appointed former director of State Trustees, John Price, as general insurance ombudsman. Michael Lavarch, chair at the board of the Financial Ombudsman Service, said Price is experienced in dispute resolution and general ...

Cbus adds ESG into investment contracts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
The $13 billion Construction & Building Industry Super (Cbus) is starting to include environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the fund's Investment Management Agreements (IMAs) when appointing fund managers. Trish Donohue, executive manager ...

ASFA elects new chair, board members

ASFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... stood down after relocating to Singapore earlier this year. Several new ASFA Board members have also been elected namely Michael Dwyer (First State Super, representing public sector funds) and Jim Minto (Tower Australia, representing retail funds). Jane ...

MLC reviews MasterKey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Financial planners may be able to access more fund managers and investment products on the MLC MasterKey platform following a review. Brent Howells, head of product, MasterKey at MLC, said the firm is reviewing the investment options on the platform ...

Christian Super invests $50m in fixed income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Christian Super seeds the AMP Capital Investors Responsible Investment Leaders Diversified Fixed Income Fund with a $50m mandate. The fund invest in a blend of government and credit Australian fixed interest securities, global government bonds and global ...

Hillross buys Rabo Financial Advisors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
Hillross Financial Services has bought Rabobank Australia & New Zealand's Rabo Financial Advisors, in a deal that sees the bank's financial planning arm move to the Hillross brand in just a few weeks. Rabo Financial Advisors represents 40 staff including ...

Super is not for winning votes

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... lever, industry experts warned. In a session about how to build consumer confidence in the superannuation system, panelist Michael Dwyer, chief executive of First State Super, drew a resounding applause when he criticised the ill-conceived changes to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... contracts. No specific theme influenced morning trade among the biggest stocks, Austock Securities' senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said. "It's a bit of a pot pourri of stocks that are doing well," he said. "Resources and banks are doing well." ...

Emerging markets could be heading for bubble

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Emerging market equities valuations could be headed for a 'bubble' given the amount of liquidity in listed markets and the number of large institutions set to pump funds into the region, one fund manager has warned. Allan Conway, global head of emerging ...

AXA planners may not need to rebrand: AMP

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
AXA Australia's financial planning network may not have to rebrand under the AMP name, except for the financial planning network bearing the French-based group's name, if the merger proposal is successful, according to Craig Dunn, chief executive at ...