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New funds on Emerald Wrap

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
New funds have been added to responsible investing platform The Emerald Wrap. Dalton Nicol Reid's Australian Equities Socially Responsible, High Conviction and Income SMA Portfolios are now available. "We're delighted to be part of a positive initiative ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The results are all in. The week of punting is over... almost. And what have we got? A few lucky ones who gambled their life savings on "Green Moon" to win the Melbourne Cup and those who chose the seven winning numbers in Australia's A$100 million ...

Investors more satisfied with SMSF than pooled funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Satisfaction with the self-managed super funds (SMSFs) remains considerably higher than that of retail and industry funds, according to the latest Roy Morgan Superannuation Satisfaction report shows. SMSFs can boast 64% satisfaction while industry funds ...

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 ...