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Competition for ASFA awards heats up

FINANCIAL STANDARD WRITERS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
Superannuation marketers and communication managers will soon have the chance to go head to head with their peers at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Communications Forum and Awards next week. ASFA will showcase the best examples ...

Russell gains corp super client

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
Russell Investments has been appointed by packaging group Amcor to manage its $850 million corporate superannuation fund. Russell's consulting practice provides advice and research on governance, planning, structuring, managing and implementing of investment ...

Global instos ramp up alternatives exposure

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
A survey of institutional investors worldwide found they expect to increase their exposure to alternative investments by 5 per cent to 19 per cent, on average, in the next two to three years. The Russell Investments 2010 Global Survey of 119 institutional ...

Lonsec approves high income ETF

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
The Russell Investments High Dividend Australian Shares exchange traded fund (ETF) has been given an 'approved' rating by Lonsec. The firm's High Dividend Australian Shares ETF (RDV) is based on a Russell Australia High Dividend Index that favours blue ...

VFMC brings risk management in-house

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) takes a fresh approach when measuring asset risk for clients, recruiting a former Russell Investments consultant to help oversee the process. Justin Arter, chief executive at VFMC, said the firm previously ...

Aussie shares beat property over the long term

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
Australian shares delivered higher returns, after costs and taxes, than residential property over the past two decades, a new report shows. The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) commissioned investment firm Russell Investments to measure the performance ...

MIT tax regime modernised and simplified

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
Fund managers around the country are breathing a big sigh of relief after the government adopts a more common sense approach to the way managed funds are taxed - a big plus for investors that have long been disadvantaged by archaic MIT tax rules. It's ...

Russell launches dividend ETF

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
Russell Investments has launched its high dividend Australian shares exchange traded fund (ETF). The Russell High Dividend Australian Shares ETF provides access to around 50 blue chip stocks that typically deliver high dividends. The portfolio contains ...

Beck appointed to ASFA board

ASFA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia board has appointed Peter Beck, chief executive at Pillar Administration, to its board. Beck replaces Linda Elkins, who left Russell Investments to join Colonial First State. Elkins represented a ...

Russell recruits Asian specialists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Russell Investments has appointed several senior executives across Asia, including Singapore and South Korea, to strengthen management in those regions. Edmund Teo joined Russell on 1 April as regional director, sales and marketing. Singapore-based ...