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ING IM backs Asian bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... Central and Eastern Europe," the report said. "Emerging countries used to be included in an equity or bond portfolio only at times of economic boom, but these days, ING Investment Management says they are increasingly a constant factor in the portfolio." ...

Lies, damned lies and statistics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... the realm of possibility. Consumers are spending. Australian retail sales rose by 2.2 per cent in March - more than four times market expectations for a 0.5 percent gain. Better, real retail sales increased by 1 per cent in the first quarter. This is ...

Refine board succession: AIST

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... trustee directors that are passionate and committed to members' interests. "This survey shows that even in these difficult times trustee directors are confident their boards have the fundamentals in place for good governance," said Fiona Reynolds, chief ...

China's smoking gun

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... increase their smoking rates and has sent them tens of thousands of cigarette cartons to facilitate the plan. The Global Times China news service reported that Chen Nianzu, a member of the cigarette market supervision team in Gong'an, said the regulation ...

Mercer wins NGS Super mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... January 2008 and The Guild Group appointing Mercer to provide administration and member services in July 2008. "In uncertain times like these, many funds are finding they don't have enough resources or expertise to meet all of their members' needs, they ...

Fin planning jobs fall 60pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... experience. The number of paraplanner jobs advertised remained steady over the quarter, with Xplan experience mentioned more times than COIN. The report found junior paraplanner roles were being combined with client services type work on a $40,000-$45,000 ...

AIG Life adds to group team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... insurance sales and business development roles. "The performance of the group life team has been the envy of many over recent times. In such volatile market conditions, their successful client engagement activities have been a hot industry topic," said ...

Smaller funds lack risk reserves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... between 20 basis points and 60 basis points of assets or liabilities. Based on a recommendation that reserves should be 1.25 times the cost of fund's annual operations plus extra reserves for provision of services from an outsourced provider, Mercer ...

AustChoice boosts tech for transparency

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... adviser across their client's portfolio," said Phil Butterworth, chief executive of DKN Financial Group. "Especially in these times it's important that the adviser can access as much information as they want, as quickly as possible," he said. The platform's ...

Zenith review yields top 35 funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... equities, with the high degree of fund turnover within the sector review process reflective of the uncertain and turbulent times which market participants have faced over the past 12 months," said Smythe. He said the firm's recommended list of large ...