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Yamashita's treasure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... physical metal itself. Futures, forward or options contracts, or Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) or stock certificates are easy to fold and store under the bed, in a cookie jar or in a safety deposit box. But how do you store tonnes of gold? You pay a warehouse ...

Mercer wins Equipsuper mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
The $4 billion Equipsuper has chosen Mercer to provide member administration services to the fund. Equipsuper, which had 48,000 members and around $4 billion in assets under management at 11 August, has appointed Mercer to take over the fund's administration ...

Russell to stay in Australia: Doman

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
Andrew Doman, global chief executive of Russell Investments, said Australia is a "strategically important" market to the firm and plans to deepen its local footprint, following questions about Russell's commitment to the Australian market. Doman said ...

Elusive 10K

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
The Dow's hold on that elusive 10K-point mark remains elusive. Perhaps it is the consensus' way of affirming that, indeed, the market has run ahead of itself. Wall Street slid further overnight with the Dow slipping further below the 10K mark despite ...

Schroder Asia Pac adds SimCorp

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... foundation to extend our capability in Singapore further across the region. The next phase is to bring Australia into the fold; this would not have been possible without SimCorp Dimension," said Tham.

Spectrum transfers to IOOF fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... completed by 31 December. Improved online functionality is one of the benefits of the decision to move the fund fully into IOOF's fold, noted the fund in a statement. "The transfer will enable us to generate administrative efficiencies and allows us ...

EQT head to retire

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... Williams' successor. Tony Killen, chair at Equity Trustees, said thanked Williams for his work, adding the firm has grown four fold under his leadership. "Mr Williams has driven a complete reposition of the company over the past seven years, characterised ...

Shift to altern assets fuel valuation concerns: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... turnover that must be valued more frequently." Alternative asset weightings for not for profit super funds jumping seven-fold in the last decade, according to Rainmaker, mean the problem is not going away. "The increasing level of investment in unlisted ...

Shadforth searches for more practices

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
The Shadforth Financial Group is looking to attract other practices to the fold after 13 financial planning firms started to operate under the brand yesterday. The 'Best Advice' project or 'Project East-West' as it is also known as, combined 13 financial ...

To Scotland we will go

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009