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MTAA Super is fund of the year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... AustralianSuper, Host-Plus and CBUS. MTAA Super achieved its award after being one of the most consistent super funds in the country with investment returns that are routinely among the very best in the industry. It's not just about investment returns ...

PIS expands dealer group

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... This expansion is reflected in the group's New Zealand subsidiary merging with Newpark Financial Services to create the country's largest financial advice network. PIS' expansion doesn't stop there, the group's Malaysian subsidiary Standard Financial ...

Rainy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... change and renewed reverence for America - although this may be too early to call. However, a new face in the mightiest country in the world does not mean that the financial crisis that started almost at the same time that the Obama campaign for the ...

UBS to launch infra fund next year

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... successfully closing its $2.1 billion International Infrastructure Fund to new investors. The firm's closed fund invests in OECD country infrastructure across transportation, utilities, energy and social infrastructure. US power generation business ...

Credit Suisse appoints private banking head

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... Sydney reporting functionally to Francois Monnet, head of private banking Southeast Asia and Australasia, and locally to country chief executive for Australia, David Trude. McGregor previously held the role of co-head of Credit Suisse Solution Partners ...

ASIC adjusts redemption rules to help pensioners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... investment value of $100,000, the member may access $60,000 under this proposal. The move came less than a month after the country's major fund managers, including Colonial First State, Challenger, Perpetual and ING locked up more than $20 billion in ...

Top guns tackle industry challenges

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... winner of the 2008 Deloitte/IFSA Future Leaders Award for her paper that proposed a ten-point action plan to solve the country's underinsurance problems. IFSA's chief executive Richard Gilbert said Knapp's paper demonstrated a deep understanding of the ...

Aviva offers pensioner relief after redemption freeze

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... 'full' pension payments until the end of this year, when those payments would have been significantly reduced after the country's largest mortgage funds suspended redemptions. Aviva has announced that investors, self-funded retirees and SMSF members ...

PIS campaign to reflect change

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... reflect how much the business has grown over the last 10 years. PIS, which is the largest non-aligned dealer group in the country with more than $20 billion in funds under management, has revamped its marketing material and paraphernalia under its 'Many ...

Dubai to swoop in bad market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... opportunity for western companies, according to a Penrose Financial report. The report singled out Saudi Arabia as the country with huge potential. It's city, Riyadh is the most populated city in the region, with four million people and it also has a ...