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AvSuper appoints JANA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
The $805 million AvSuper has appointed JANA Investment Advisers Pty Ltd as the fund's investment consultant. The appointment follows a benchmarking review of various investment consultants. AVSuper's previous asset consultant was Russell Investment ...

UK planners face new advice regime

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
The UK's financial services regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has proposed sweeping reforms to help consumers get 'independent advice', including an end to commission-based investment advice by 2012. The consultation paper on Retail ...

Pres Obama proposes sweeping regulatory reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
To plug regulatory gaps that the Whitehouse believes precipitated the GFC, President Obama has proposed the biggest change to financial oversight since the New Deal. Central to the reforms are the creation of a Financial Oversight Council that will ...

Legalsuper hires investment expert

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
The $1 billion legalsuper has appointed Neville Hathaway to the new position of investment expert, an expansion of legalsuper's existing Investment Committee. "Dr Hathaway brings to legalsuper a unique combination of direct investment management experience ...

Maritime merger saves $1m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
Maritime Super may be able to save more than $1 million in administrative costs as a result of the merger in March, according to initial estimates. Peter Robertson, chief executive at Maritime Super, said the merger between the Stevedoring Employees ...

Advisers eye annuities

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
US-based advisers are increasingly looking at annuities as a strategy for their clients' rollover dollars, new research shows. A new Cerulli report on annuities and insurance shows that 20 per cent of registered investment advisers (RIAs) would consider ...

Local funds hold firm on US equities

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
Super funds are holding firm on their exposure to US equities despite the Dow Jones Index slipping below 7,000, its lowest level in more than a decade. Melbourne based investment consultancy, JANA Investment Advisers head of investment outcomes, Ken ...

Investors turn to ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
New research from the Investment Company Institute of Washington has reported that US investors withdrew US$128.7 billion out of managed funds but invested US$133 billion into exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the first 11 months of 2008. ETF provider ...

Telstra Super hires JANA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
Telstra Super appointed JANA Investment Advisers as the fund's asset consultant, ending a 15-year relationship with Russell Investments. Martin Crowe, Telstra Super chief executive, said the fund decided to explore the market for an asset consultant ...

Consolidation is not the answer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
Super funds with double the average number of trustees produced better returns than their peers according to new research, suggesting calls to downsize trustee boards could be counter-productive. The global financial crisis and its impact on super fund ...