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Mercer ups ante in corporate super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... outsourcing sales leader for Australia and Alex Kleiman as outsourcing sales and marketing manager for multi-employer (industry) plans. Dawson was previously at Russell Investments in the US where she was managing director, Retirement Services Australia ...

Impax environment trust hits the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... initiatives such as the European Union's 20-20-20 climate change package and President-elect Barack Obama's New Deal which plans to invest $150 billion in these sectors over 10 years. Locally, the Australian government remains committed to introducing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... in response to more billion-dollar losses at Citigroup Inc and Bank of America Corp. Yet investors were also heartened by plans for both banks to restore themselves to profitability, and they were also willing to place bets on a range of consumer and ...

Shariah-compliant hedge funds hit the spot

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... Emirates. "Although the economic slowdown across the world does not portray a very optimistic picture for oil prices, we believe plans by some emirates in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region to boost budget expenditure and run a budget deficit ...

Cognacs and chocolates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... ceding control of its Smith Barney retail broking business to Morgan Stanley - is reportedly changing its business model and plans to divest more non-core businesses and shrink itself by a third of its former self. I could still recall trying to keep ...

FMs predict comeback by 2012

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... "Regardless of fund managers' optimism...I think it will be lessons like these, put into practice in 2009, that will give pension plans the edge they need in a fast changing, competitive investment world."

Right on target: Vanguard

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... the US published a report in November last year that surveyed the portfolios of more than 1.24 million people with 401(k) plans, the US equivalent to Australian's superannuation or retirement funds. The report found that those who invested in target-date ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... are happy to sit on the sidelines," Mr Potter said. As well, investor worries that Republicans in the US Senate may stymie plans for a bailout of the US auto industry weighed heavily on the local market, along with the overnight release of US jobless ...

Enhanced Investment Technologies wins award

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... and recognises asset management firms that offer top levels of service, performance and innovation to occupational pension plans and their members. David Schofield, president of Enhanced Investment Technologies' international division, said the firm ...

Superpartners to push for paperless super admin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Superannuation admin provider Superpartners plans to invest $70 million into replacing its core administration systems and other IT processes in a bid to become "100 per cent electronic" in three years' time. While there have been earlier reports about ...