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CFS names new executive manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
The Commonwealth Bank's group executive wealth management, Annabel Spring today announced the appointment of Linda Elkins as the new executive general manager of Colonial First State. Prior to her new role, Elkins was general manager of marketing and ...

Aust Ethical partners with Russell

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
Australian Ethical Super has appointed global asset manager Russell Investments to deliver administration services to the fund's 14,000 members. Modern and scalable technology was a major draw card for Australian Ethical's choice of Russell Investments ...

Alternatives beyond reach for in-house

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
Pension funds bringing research in house might need more staff than they think to internally manage alternative investments with any success. "One of the issues with alternatives is that the burden of due diligence is very high. At my last job we had ...

Kinks in Stronger Super armour

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
Consolidation resulting from Stronger Super has the potential to lead to perverse outcomes, according to one Russell Investments executive. Speaking at the Russell Australian Investment Summit on Friday, Graham Harman, director of Capital Markets Research ...

Skelly to head State Street Aus ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
Former director at Russell Investments Amanda Skelly has moved to State Street Global Advisors to lead its Australian ETF operation. Skelly will assume responsibility for driving business strategy, product development, promotion to both retail and institutional ...

Russell lauches new AEq value strategy

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
Russell Investments is set to offer investors a new value strategy designed to provide more sustainable equity returns for Australian share portfolios. The new Russell Australia Value Premium Strategy is based on a proprietary methodology which aims ...

Russell launches after-tax survey

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
Russell Investments has launched an Australian equities after-tax benchmarking survey designed to help superannuation funds measure and rank after-tax returns. The survey aims to provide an independent benchmark to measure and compare investment outcomes ...

Three reasons for alternatives

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
There are three core reasons why institutional investors will continue to pour money into alternatives, according to a new report on the sector. These are diversification, protection against volatility and seeking non-correlated returns. They are revealed ...

Russell launches mini iQ platform

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
Russell Investments has launched a new online investment account, providing advisers and SMSFs cost-effective access to a range of actively managed, multi-asset solutions. Russell's new online investment account, Russell iQ Investments, has been developed ...

IMCA names CIMA scholarship winners

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
The Investment Management Consultants Association Australia has named the winners of its annual CIMA scholarship. CIMA is an academically accredited course that seeks to address the unique demands and requirements of investment consultants and fund ...