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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 ...

Investment management hit by downturn

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
A cocktail of market blows since the GFC which led super funds to reduce costs by going passive, amalgamate through economies-of-scale, and the internalisation of portfolio management by larger funds - plus reduced availability of capital - has meant ...

Unlicensed director jailed

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
A Queensland woman who ran an unlicensed investment company, and purchased a house with the proceeds is now behind bars. Tania Michele Oakley of Noosa, appeared for sentencing in Maroochydore District Court on 3 September 2012 after pleading guilty ...

Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... 156.2 in the June quarter. And yes, we've heard this before. When the December quarter 2011 GDP figures were released last March - up 0.4% against expectations of 0.8% -- someone (I again refuse to name names) warned us that, "With a government forced ...

Swift resolution sought on Storm trial

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
Lawyers representing ASIC, the Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie and Bank of Queensland are expected to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow ahead of Federal Court proceedings on the 2008 collapse of Storm Financial. The meeting will attempt to negotiate a ...

Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
Pa-lease stop with these nudge, nudge, wink, wink already -- and ease up on the promises and pledges while you're at it. No, I speak not to you Virginia, but it is to Ben and Mario I direct my displeasure. I've been watching the markets for decades ...