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1989 redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Revolting like it's 1989. It's the feeling I get when I look to the Middle East. Just like in 1989, several regimes in one region became a thing of the past as civil uprisings in one country emboldened protests in another... then another. Back then ...

Health Super CIO resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
Brendon Shepherd, chief investment officer of the $8 billion Health Super, has resigned from Health Super for personal reasons. The fund's chief executive Chris Clausen will manage the portfolio while the fund looks for a new CIO. Shepherd, who has ...

MLC chief investment officer steps down

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... consultancy, which will develop innovative investment strategies and solutions. "We wish Chris the very best in this exciting endeavour," said Mulcahy. Condon said in a statement that he wanted to set himself new challenges for the remainder of his career. ...

AXA announces Value of Advice winners

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
AXA has recognised five practices across five states in its inaugural Value of Advice Awards. Planwell Financial Group, Rothgard Financial Partners, PSK Financial Services, Sage Financial Group and Minerds Bell Consultancy Group were recognised in the ...

Industry funds in NRL grand final

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
Industry funds have won their way into the NRL grand finals with HOSTPLUS and ME Bank set to take center stage as major sponsors of the Melbourne Storm, who face the Parramatta Eels this weekend. HOSTPLUS, which is in its fourth year of Storm sponsorship ...

Perennial and Hyperion sign UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
Home grown boutique fund managers Perennial Investment Partners and Hyperion Asset Management have become the latest Aussie signatories of the UN PRI. According to Perennial chief executive Anthony Patterson, the fund manager had taken an interest in ...

UniSuper stands up for ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... appropriate research and be able to demonstrate this. We expect the ESG RA will help provide a very useful framework in this endeavour," he said. ESG RA, which has the support of one of the country's largest fund managers Colonial First State, has five ...

Superfunds on recruitment spree

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
As job opportunities in investment banking and funds management dry up, investment professionals should turn their sights on superannuation, with three super funds managing a combined $80 billion on the hunt for the best talent. Queensland-based Sunsuper ...

PLUM's new chief to push comms

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Plum Financial Services' new managing director Paul Carter flags plans to boost its communication campaign and delay some investment projects scheduled for next year to 2010 to steer Plum through a difficult 2009. Carter, who took over the reigns from ...

Passport to profit

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
Securitor is taking the profitability of its 462 planners' business seriously - the dealer group has launched a new "Passport to Profit" program to fine-tune four areas of its members' business structures to improve their bottom lines. Neil Younger ...