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ETP flows eclipse 2011 totals

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Year-to-date exchange traded product (ETP) flows have surpassed the total amount recorded in 2011, according to BlackRock Investment Institute's October ETP Landscape report. Flows of $192.3 billion have already been recorded this year. Last year's ...

Fewer IPO's no excuse for poor returns: Hyperion

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Less initial public offerings (IPOs) shouldn't mean a slump in performance, said Hyperion Asset Management. Managers should view IPO activity as the exception, rather than the rule, added Jason Orthman, one of Hyperion's portfolio managers. "In the ...

New Australian CEO for HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Tony Cripps, current chief executive officer of HSBC in the Philippines, will replace Paulo Maia as the bank's chief executive officer in Australia. Cripps will take the reins from 24 December this year, with Maia departing for the role of president ...

Super's growth a challenge for ASIC: Medcraft

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Superannuation's growth over the next decade is one of the biggest challenges facing Australia's corporate regulator, said ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft. As the size of the superannuation sector expands to $3 trillion over the next decade, the extra products ...

The demise of asset consulting vastly exaggerated: Russell

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Business might be slow, but Russell Investments has said that there are still opportunities for its asset consulting business in Australia. In the first six months of this year, Russell did not receive one Request for Tender, said Greg Liddell, managing ...

Perpetual CFO resigns

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Perpetual Limited chief financial officer Roger Burrows has resigned, after accepting the same role at transport infrastructure group Asciano limited. After announcing Burrow's departure to the market yesterday, Perpetual said it had commenced an executive ...

NSW councils entitled to compo: Fed court

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
A federal court judge ruled yesterday that 13 NSW councils were entitled to compensation from ratings agency Standard & Poor's, investment bank ABN Amro and Local Government Financial Services (LGFS). The councils lost $16 million, or 93% of their capital ...

Act soon on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
If the Federal Government is serious about exporting financial services to Asia, it must put in place all the recommendations suggested in the Johnson Report by the end of 2013, said the Financial Services Council (FSC). After the Gillard Government ...

Kohler campaign slammed by ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Save Our Super, a campaign backed by veteran financial commentator and owner of the Eureka Report Alan Kohler is poorly researched, and its alternatives underdeveloped, said an article published by the Association of Superannuation funds of Australia ...

Results show strong momentum: BT Financial Group

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Insurance sales and adviser growth show strong business momentum, despite cash earnings being down on last year, said Westpac-owned BT Financial Group. Life insurance sales were up 30%, compared with 14% for the market in 2012, it said after announcing ...