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US firm launches religious ETFs

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
A range of exchange traded funds (ETFs) that appeal to religious centric investors has been launched in the US. US-based group, FaithShares Trust launched the Baptist Values fund and Lutheran Values fund, which use an investment strategy that is inline ...

Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
"Eat my shorts!" (Bart Simpson). Those who continue to hold a dim view of the Australian economy are fast dwindling. More have fallen by the wayside yesterday after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released another "beautiful set of numbers." ...

AMIST awards Vanguard mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
Meat industry super fund AMIST ploughs more money in international equities with a fresh mandate awarded to Vanguard. John Livanas, chief executive of the fund, said this is the first time the super fund has invested with an index manager - aside from ...

Legalsuper cuts 17 fund managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
Legalsuper overhauled its investment portfolio resulting in 17 fund managers getting the cut and five managers receiving mandates including Colonial First State Global Asset Management, Platinum Asset Management and Solaris Investment Management. The ...

Juice flow to continue in 2010

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2010
Happy New Year! The year 2009 is now a memory but a happy one at that. It was the year when bear calls were dismissed and risk-taking paid off - handsomely. Could we expect more of the same this year? Can equity markets, commodity markets and other ...

Super funds back trustee pay disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
Three leading super funds have supported calls for the industry to disclose executive pay the same way listed companies do, following the release of the Cooper report that asked whether super funds should adopt the same corporate governance rules as ...

AMP and AXA SA propose final offer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
AMP and AXA SA have sweetened the bid for AXA Asia Pacific, increasing the cash component of the proposal in a move that the firms said is their best and final offer. The revised proposal means AXA Asia Pacific's minority shareholders are being offered ...

ACSI voting service attracts five members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
Five superannuation funds are expected to sign on to the Australian Council for Super Investors' (ACSI) Global Proxy Voting Service, which launches next month. Ann Byrne, chief executive at ACSI, said the council is pleased with the initial amount of ...

Instos move on Treasury stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
Perpetual and Telstra Super have each bought more than one million ordinary shares in Treasury Group, which means both groups hold a five per cent voting share in the boutique incubator. Both groups bought more than 1.1 million of ordinary shares in ...

Brand survey highlights top banks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
A brand survey of the major banks in Australia could shed some light on how consumers may view their wealth management products. Each bank or financial institution distributes wealth management products including superannuation and managed funds to ...