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Cbus Connect merger heralds investment changes

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
Cbus is in merger talks with electricity fund CONNECT - a move that could see changes in overlapping mandates and a face off between each fund's asset consultant, Frontier Investments and JANA. Cbus, the industry fund for the construction, building ...

End game II

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... of all the jobs we could generate - and the boost this would have on the economy - if we could sell more than we buy! Oh, yes! Yes! Not so fast! This would work if America's (trading) partners aren't thinking the same thing. The Great Depression showed ...

Risk commission debate heats up

RUTH LIEW AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
The FPA's stance that commissions on risk products should remain has revived the debate on insurance fees and prompted two other industry bodies to have their say. The Financial Planning Association yesterday called for commission payments for risk ...

End game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
America is zeroing in on China's weapon of mass destruction - the "overvalued renminbi". Yes Virginia, the US is drawing up battle plans as I write. According to Bloomberg, "Five senators including Charles Schumer of New York and Lindsey Graham of South ...

Asset consultants under fee pressures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... sense, they could always do better. Meanwhile, Tower Watson's head of investment consulting, Graeme Miller, also answered 'yes' and that relatively speaking, asset consultants are remunerated well below the fees received by the other agents in the investment ...

Instos still lukewarm on climate change risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Eight super funds, including AustralianSuper, are spearheading the move to better assess climate change risks on long-term returns, but the industry, as a whole, is still moving at a glacial pace on all thing carbon, a survey shows. The joint survey ...

Angel in the detail: Cooper's cost cutting measures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Jeremy Cooper, head of the Super System Review, estimates super funds can save up to $1 billion in costs by doing little things that add up to mean a lot. Speaking at the Conference of Major Super Funds (CSMF) yesterday, Cooper detailed the 'super stream' ...

Senate showdown looms on Clearing House legislation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
Coalition calls for major amendments to the Government's legislation to authorise the Medicare monopoly on Approved Superannuation Clearing Houses is setting up another Senate showdown."The Coalition needs to indicate today that they will allow this ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
The Australian market has received flat to positive leads from overseas markets overnight, with Wall Street edging into positive territory in late afternoon trade, and precious and base metals higher, although oil was marginally virtually flat. At 0825 ...

Praemium targets new SMA service

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
Praemium is looking to "rebrand" its V-Wrap service in the coming months with improved services, and working on a separately managed account offering that gives investors exposure to asset classes outside equities. Speaking at the Praemium Business ...