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Three new faces on Cbus board

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
Industry superannuation fund Cbus has named three new board members who will replace the trio who retired in late 2010. Peter Smith of the National Electrical and Communications Association has joined the leadership team along with Rita Mallia and Frank ...

Ratings houses silent on Japan fund fallout

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
Research houses Morningstar, Lonsec and Standard and Poor's say it is too early to tell what the fallout from the Japan earthquake disaster will be on the superannuation industry. Financial markets have been roiled, affecting super fund investments. ...

Mind the leadership gap: survey

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
Nearly half of financial services industry professionals think their bosses are not effective or trustworthy, according to a survey of more than 170,000 workers in Australia and New Zealand. The Aon Hewitt poll, covering seven sectors of the economy ...

Trust grows with NZ purchase

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
Trustee services provider Trust Company has acquired the New Zealand-based Guardian Trust Company, a move that adds a hefty $48 billion-plus to its total asset base. John Atkin, chief executive of The Trust Company, said he was very happy with the purchase ...

Japan bond jitters keep funds guessing

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
US treasuries may fall in value following the Japanese earthquake, with fixed-interest fund managers assessing their exposure in the wake of the disaster. Japan is the second largest foreign holder of US Government bonds after China, holding $882.3 ...

Global shares, cat bonds review after Japan quake

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
A large hole has been punched in the Japanese economy by Friday's earthquake, with super funds tightlipped on the possible impact of exposure and advisors looking to their portfolios. Professor Andrew O'Neil, director of the Griffith Asia Institute ...

CMC markets appoints new head for Aus, NZ

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
Louis Cooper has replaced Barry Odes as head of CMC Markets Australia and New Zealand. Cooper has worked with the broking firm since 1999 when it was a foreign exchange trading business in London with just 35 staff. "I was there in 2000 when they launched ...

April launch for XPLAN facelift

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
Dominant planning software provider IRESS Wealth Management Solutions has announced the long-anticipated new version of XPLAN is to be released next month. XPLAN, used by more than 12,000 advisers, has been given a makeover with the help of digital ...

Levy to fund $15m ad campaign

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) told members the industry is at a turning point as it outlined a raft of constitutional changes and detailed its new $15 million advertising campaign yesterday. Speaking to 220 members in Sydney yesterday, Mark ...

New benchmarks act like analysts

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
An experimental index-filtering exchange-traded fund could one day put professional stock-pickers out of a job, the product's developer has said. Investment services firm Russell Investments has developed a series of portfolio construction tools with ...