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Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... bears could win medium term (after three or four years?). Why this time span? Because it is when US President Obama promised, "Yes, we can!" cut the budget deficit in half, that is. If he makes good on his promise income taxes - personal and business ...

AustralianSuper saves $4m per year

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
The $28 billion AustralianSuper could reap $4 million in savings a year following the fund's increasing shift from active to passive investment mandates. Elana Rubin, chair of the industry fund and a speaker at yesterday's Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Active managers be warned: Frontier

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
Frontier Investment Consulting's $89 billion client base is increasingly questioning the high fees of active managers - a clear sign these managers need to lift their game, said the firm's managing director, Fiona Trafford-Walker. Trafford-Walker, who ...

Go online, get results

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
With 13 million online users in Australia and $24 billion spent on the web last year, it's time to make online technology the heart of your super campaign, says a marketing expert. Mike Hill, director of Holler and speaker at yesterday's Rainmaker Marketing ...

Maritime Super to manage Teekay fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
The $2.4 billion Maritime Super has been selected by Teekay Marine Services to manage the Teekay Shipping Superannuation Plan. The plan, which has $80 million in funds under management and 514 members, made the announcement yesterday that Maritime Super ...

Five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... unprecedented gains, when the Nasdaq Composite Index soared by more than 255 per cent between October 1998 and March 2000. Yes it ended in tears and took three years to recover but the point is investment managers who bucked the early trend saw their ...

The liquidity trade-off

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
Commodities, currencies, infrastructure and private equity will feature prominently in the next generation of super fund investment options and with that comes problems with balancing member choice with the right liquidity policy. Bruce Garratt, intermediary ...

Broker swindled investor funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
A former mortgage broker has been charged with fraud after failing to invest $123,000 from a private investor. Adrian Camilleri, who used to work as a mortgage broker and director for Asset Finance Service, was found guilty yesterday on one count of ...

Up and over in the land downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
V for victory against the GFC. V for the V-shaped rebound in the Australian economy. V for 'very wrong' to those who continued to stick to their recession calls up to the very end. In case you missed it, the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday ...

Intech CEO to leave after buyout

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
Implemented consulting firm Intech has been bought by research house Morningstar, with current Intech chief executive John Gethin-Jones stepping down once the acquisition is completed. Gethin-Jones will continue to run the Intech business until the ...