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Director pay rise trend will slow: RiskMetrics

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
RiskMetrics does not expect director pay to rise by the same amount it did during last year, after a study found the median S&P/ASX 100 non-executive director chairperson received $396,880, up more than 10 per cent in 2008. The study, commissioned by ...

Realindex hits $1 bn FUM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
Colonial First State index investment subsidiary, Realindex Investments, has tipped over the $1 billion funds under management mark in under a year and hired a portfolio manager. The firm, a partnership between Colonial First State and California-based ...

Aus Ethical opens property trust

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
Australian Ethical Investment has launched a new property trust, a fund that invests in energy efficient buildings with a minimum 5-Star Green Star rating. The trust, which was launched by Caroline Le Couteur, Greens MLA in Canberra, aims to provide ...

Private equity firms sign PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
In a sign of the times, two of the country's leading private equity firms, Ironbridge Capital Australia and CHAMP Private Equity have signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). The UN PRI is used as a blueprint for pension ...

Financial advisers need more support: Wright

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
The financial advice industry should provide more support and counseling services to financial advisers that are over-stressed, said an industry executive who criticised the industry's response to assisting its advisers. Kylie Wright, partner at Ulton ...

AXA tackles longevity risk with North

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
AXA Australia is targeting investor longevity risk with plans to launch another North product that provides a guaranteed income stream next year. The product, still in development stage, provides the flexibility of an allocated pension, which keeps ...

Challenger annuities post record sales

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
Challenger's Guaranteed Income Plan annuities product received a record $91 million in August alone as financial advisers look for ways to preserve client income in retirement. In addition, while financial advisers are also allocating client money to ...

Campbell wins 2009 AFA Adviser of the Year

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... The five other finalists this year were Marc Bineham from Noall & Co; John Campbell from One Stop Financial Services; Michael Holmes from Johansen Financial Services; Steve Salvia from Southern Financial Strategies and William Webster from Financial ...

Fundies struggle to manage costs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
A global investment manager survey has found more than 41 per cent of businesses are operating in the red and around three quarters have no cost reduction strategy. The survey found 41 per cent of the global investment manager industry is operating ...

APRA stresses super client burden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
John Trowbridge, executive member at Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), has highlighted the pressure group insurers are under to attain and keep contracts with large super funds. Speaking at the Institute of Actuaries of Australia yesterday ...