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IFSA members approve name change, new focus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... beyond legislative regulation with self regulation," he said. "The benefit for ING Australia is that we are able to provide active input to the thinking of the Financial Services Council on these key issues."

US pension funds get $800m from class action

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... Pension Fund, represented by the attorney general, led the class action suit. "The OPERS Board of Trustees has been an active participant in securities litigation cases on behalf of our members and retirees," said Ken Thomas, OPERS board chair. William ...

Pengana gains 'three stars' rating

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
Standard & Poor's has given the Pengana Australian Equities Core fund a 'three stars' rating. The fund's strategy is active long-only that uses fundamental stock selection to construct a high conviction portfolio. The portfolio aims to generate absolute ...

HFA renames to CERTITUDE Global Investments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... HFA Asset Management is rebranding to CERTITUDE Global Investments as the business repositions itself as a multi-asset active manager. The CERTITUDE brand will replace the HFA Asset Management name across its product marketing and branding in Australia ...

Challenger wins $200m from AustralianSuper

AUSTRALIANSUPER RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... company balance sheet, of which approximately two-thirds is invested in debt securities, has enabled it to be one of the few active non-bank financial institutions in the loan market since the GFC." He said AustralianSuper's scale in funds under management ...

BNY Mellon JVs for China funds strategy

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
BNY Mellon and China-based Western Securities have received regulatory approval to develop a joint venture funds management company in China. BNY Mellon Western Fund Management is 49 per cent owned by BNY Mellon and 51 per cent owned by Western Securities ...

AMP trains staff on insurance services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
AMP has unveiled a new training program to boost staff expertise in life insurance - a move that is expected to help AMP better service financial planners. AMP, in conjunction with the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance, developed ...

Treasury Group ramps up asset allocation muscle

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... Investors can access it, said Burgess. Burgess said they created the advisory group because fund managers need to take an active approach to asset allocation as macroeconomic factors play a bigger role. "There's going to be far more rotation between ...

SEC hunts BP oil spill scammers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
Looking to make a quick buck out of the US' Gulf of Mexico oil spill debacle? Think again - the SEC is cracking down on oil spill stock scams targeting investors to chip money into false cleanup strategies. The oil spill in the US has heralded more ...

NY fund sues BP over oil spill losses

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... the $150 billion-plus fund held more than 19 million shares in BP. The fund provides benefits to more than one million active and retired state and local government employees, police officers, and firefighters. In addition to investment earnings, the ...