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Cheap linkers up for grabs: Credit Agricole

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
Inflation-linked bonds might still trail nominal bonds by 4 per cent in performance - but the gap is closing. Isabelle Vic-Philippe, head of duration & inflation management team at Credit Agricole Asset Management, told a media briefing yesterday that ...

MLC reviews MasterKey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Financial planners may be able to access more fund managers and investment products on the MLC MasterKey platform following a review. Brent Howells, head of product, MasterKey at MLC, said the firm is reviewing the investment options on the platform ...

Mickey money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Walt Disney lives up to its reputation - that of cheering up depression. But is Wall Street now playing with Mickey Mouse Money? Walt Disney, with a little help from its friends - JC Penney and Abercrombie & Fitch Co -brightened Wall Street's sombre ...

Super funds need to reset agenda: Cooper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
Super funds must take control of their priorities and purpose - and address the current "funds management mentality" that prevails in the industry, said Jeremy Cooper, chair of the Superannuation Systems Review. Cooper posed the question of whether ...

Super is not for winning votes

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Australians boast a world-class superannuation system - but that enviable standing could be lost if the Government keeps using super as a political lever, industry experts warned. In a session about how to build consumer confidence in the superannuation ...

Adviser recruitment plagues super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
One of the major hurdles facing super funds in the post intra-fund advice relief era is attracting and maintaining qualified advisers, said an industry expert. David Anderson, business leader of Mercer's outsourcing business for Asia Pacific, told an ...

Dollar dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Have no fear, the Fed is here...to stay. Perhaps spooked by the pause on Wall Street in recent days, the Fed found it necessary to re-assure investors that borrowing rates would remain practically free for an "extended period." As if? Yes, as if the ...

ING wins $1bn employer super book

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
ING Australia is transitioning the Legg Mason Corporate Super Mastertrust book, which represents $1 billion in funds under management across 20,000 member accounts, to the firm's Corporate Super suite. The firm won the trusteeship of Legg Mason Asset ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
There's a new twist in the tale of what we thought to be the ended saga of the GFC. The US equity market's - and by extension most other stock market's - performance over the past few weeks perfectly underscored what I've been trying to convey in my ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket was over 1.5 per cent higher at noon led by gains in financial stocks on a strong trading performance by Commonwealth Bank and takeover talks among insurers. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 74.9 points ...