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AustSafe Super to merge with retirement fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
The rural and regional industry super fund, AustSafe Super, has outlined plans to merge with the Canegrowers Retirement Fund (CRF) early next year. Upon completion of the merger, which is scheduled for 1 March 2013, AustSafe Super will retain its name ...

Financial services outstrip mining: CommSec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
The financial services and insurance industries contribute more to percentage growth in the Australian economy than mining and natural resources, according to CommSec's Craig James. Sensing that delegates at the annual Association of Financial Advisers ...

Key local appointment for Robeco

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
Netherlands-based asset management firm, Robeco, recently announced the appointment of Brett Penprase as senior sales executive in Sydney. Penprase will focus on driving institutional and wholesale sales in Australia along with bringing a high-quality ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
It's been a month -- or thereabouts -- since the European Central Bank -- followed by the US Federal Reserve followed by the Bank of Japan -- gave financial markets what they wished, prayed and hoped for and fired the first salvo of quantitative easing. ...

MLC revamps insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
MLC has made a series of changes to its insurance offering in an effort to meet customer demand for further premium savings on income protection. The National Australia Bank owned wealth manager has introduced RiskFirst rapid to its MLC Insurance product ...

Super funds line up for Sevior

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
Veteran stock picker John Sevior's new fund is being reviewed by CBUS Super for an Australian Equities mandate. CBUS - which had an Australian equities mandate with Sevior's former employer Perpetual at the time of his departures - said that it is doing ...

BNP Paribas completes AMP/AXA funds transition

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
BNP Paribas Securities Services has completed the transition of AXA Australia and New Zealand funds, following AMP's merger with AXA Asia Pacific Holdings last year. BNP Paribas, AMP's existing global custodian, was appointed in 2011 in order to provide ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
What's wrong with this market? With so much liquidity being pumped into the system by three of the world's major central banks - the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan - markets appear unconvinced. Wall Street was down ...

J.P. Morgan buys into BYOT

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
Investment bank J.P. Morgan has joined the ranks of retail banks and insurers in adopting a Bring-Your-Own-Technology model for staff. Unveiled as part of the firm's shift to its new Sydney headquarters, the program means IT staff will now support staff's ...

Medcraft calls for international super benchmarking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Super funds should give members detailed information on where funds are being invested, and benchmark allocations against an international standard, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has said. Medcraft has previously argued in favour of detailed asset allocation ...