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Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
Is this it? Is this the one? Is this the beginning of the end of uncertainty and the start of Wall Street's rebound to higher highs? Over the past oh so many months, we've seen strong daily rallies on Wall Street almost always followed by investors ...

Fiduciary duty goes beyond APLs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
A Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) case hearing concluded that just because a product is within a planning group's approved products list (APL) doesn't mean they have fulfilled their fiduciary duty - prompting top researchers to talk about the role ...

One report, two spins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
"One country, two systems." The first time we heard this phrase was when Britain's 99-year lease of Hong Kong expired on 1 July 1997. Bloomberg reiterated a slightly different version of this phrase last night. "One report, two spins." One report. US ...

Rainmaker unveils winners of the 2010 Marketing Excellence Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
AustralianSuper, Principal Global Investors and AMP were among the winners of last night's 16th Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards held at the Shangri-La in Sydney. More than 160 attendees, many of whom are sales and marketing specialists in financial ...

No change in Concord strategies: Invesco

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
Invesco Australia chief executive Mick O'Brien has reassured investors that the investment team of its recently bought boutique, Concord Capital, will remain with the firm and manage existing mandates following the buyout. In a press statement released ...

LGsuper and City Super in merger talks

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
Queensland government funds LGsuper and City Super are considering a merger to create a $5 billion-plus fund with over 90,000 members. LGsuper and City Super announced today they have agreed in-principle to merge the two funds. The merger is subject ...

NGS Super takes fresh route to tap EM

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
Speaking at the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium yesterday on how super funds and fund managers can collaborate more on investments, one super fund suggested the idea of creating tailored resources mandates. Anthony Rodwell-Ball, chief executive officer ...

Glum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
Glum has entered the building. Remember him? The teenie weenie Lilliputian in Gulliver's Travels who when faced with a predicament - any predicament - exclaims, "We'll never make it! We're doomed!" So it is with Wall Street and its view of the US economy ...

IOOF books $225m net inflows, simplifies ops

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
IOOF Holdings, the listed financial services group that could become the new owner of the AXA North platform subject to ongoing AXA APH merger talks, books a strong set of full-year results and flags the continuing consolidation of its various business ...

ISS co-founder leaves proxy advice industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
A prominent face of the Australia proxy advice industry has signaled his departure after ISS Australian operations co-founder Dean Paatsch announced that he is leaving the governance advisory firm after six years. Paatsch's history is that of being ...