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World cup fever to push Euro stocks: Barclays

Super funds and fund managers have another reason to back the World Cup, besides the Socceroos being there, with UK investment house Barclays singling out stocks that will benefit on and off the pitch. Australians may not have the same football fever ...

CSRF gets serious on insurance and currency

The Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (CSRF) has beefed up its insurance cover and brought two currency specialists on board ahead of its public offer debut in July. The fund's general manager Greg Cantor has said that they have appointed ...

Barclays Global Investors grows equities team

Barclays Global Investors Australia (BGI)has announced that Nick Burt has joined their Australian equities team. Burt will be based in BGI's Sydney office and joins the team headed by Morry Waked, head of equity investments. "Nick will be focusing on ...

Ausbil Dexia dominates Morningstar awards

Ausbil Dexia (Ausbil) has capped 2005 by taking out three Morningstar prizes, including top billing as Morningstar Fund Manager of the Year 2005, beating other finalists, Barclays Global Investors and Vanguard. The awards, with winners crowned on Friday ...

US defined benefit scheme shake-out continues

In a pre-emptive move to avoid the pension-related miseries of General Motors, US computer giant IBM announced it will close its defined benefit retirement scheme to new employees in favour of a 401(k) system. IBM is the latest of a raft of multinational ...

Wholesale funds post 400 per cent rise: S&P

S&P has reported that favourable market conditions produced "impressive" net fund flows in the three months to September 30, with wholesale funds net fund flows rising a massive 411 per cent quarter-on-quarter. According to the research house, wholesale ...

Big brands bounce back: S&P

Fund managers have reaped the benefits of favorable markets, with a sizable increase in assets under management and net fund flow, according to Standard and Poor's (S&P's) September quarter report. S&P's preliminary finding report for the September ...

Dealer rooms go virtual through VoIP

The push for better security and disaster recovery management procedures for fund managers and traders have pushed them to develop virtual solutions. Anne Llewelyn, Marketing Director, Asia Pacific, IPC Information Systems, who visited Australia recently ...

Virgin and max in super battle for Gen-X, Y and Z

Virgin Super's aspiring grip on simple but exciting super faces serious challenge from new entrant max Super. The Melbourne-based fund launched this month provides superannuation products tailored for 25 to 40 year olds and they intend to be a serious ...

Advance AM appoints state manager

Multi-manager Advance Asset Management has appointed Damian Holland as state manager for Victoria and Tasmania. Prior to Advance, Holland was at Vanguard Investments Australia as senior business development manager where he handled key national dealer ...