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Peering into the future

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Paul Scully, finance author and long-time industry professional, outlined his views on the shape of the industry over the next decade, predicting bigger problems for platforms, some types of multi-manager strategies and some super funds. Scully, who ...

Hybrid banking account wins $1bn super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Westpac-owned BT Financial Group's experiment three years ago to launch a savings account-and-super product has turned into a billion-dollar success, proving there is a way to get everyday Australians involved with their super. BT Super for Life has ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
The Australian share market has received mixed to positive leads from offshore trading overnight. US stock indices were higher, Europe equities were mixed, and metals and oil, too, returned mixed results. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Challenger poaches ING portfolio manager for small cap fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
Challenger's launch of an Australian small companies fund, its tenth boutique, inadvertently resulted in an ING small cap fund being placed 'on hold' yesterday. The departure of Sinclair Currie, former lead portfolio manager at ING, for Challenger prompted ...

AMP Capital Investors expands fixed income team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
AMP Capital Investors has appointed senior portfolio manager Sonia Baillie, formerly from Nomura, to the fixed income team as incumbent Andrew Lally joins the Australian equities team. The firm has also expanded the fixed income team with two new roles ...

Goldman Sachs retains 'highly recommended" rating

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
The Goldman Sachs Core Plus Australia Fixed Income Fund has retained its 'Highly Recommended' status by Zenith Investment Partners after a management reshuffle following the retirement in October of their Australia chief investment officer Andrew Cooke. ...

Govt is longevity insurer of last resort

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
The debate in wealth management over the next few years will center on retirement security, particularly as the Government is the longevity insurer of the last resort, said outgoing ING Australia chief, Harry Stout. Speaking at a Financial Services ...

Balmain offers $295m to City Pacific investors

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
BalmainTRILOGY (BT) is aiming to return $295 million to embattled unitholders of the Pacific First Mortgage Fund. BT, which took over the management of the City Pacific First Mortgage Fund more than a year ago, said it is now in a position to start ...

UBS property fund gets three stars

S&P RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has assigned its three-star 'new' rating to the UBS Property Securities Fund. The ratings house placed the fund 'On Hold' in October 2009 when its co-portfolio managers resigned and management was transitioned to the ...

Managed fund for charity pays dividends

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
Chris Cuffe's Third Link Growth Fund is yet to reach its $150 million goal but has already achieved its more noble goal - delivering a $45,000 cheque to charities each month. Two years on, the fund has pooled more than $40 million in funds under management ...