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VicSuper seeds $150m low carb fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
Super fund VicSuper continues to take the front step in addressing the global carbon emissions challenge when it awarded Vanguard an initial $150 million mandate to invest in stocks that generate the same returns as the market but with half the carbon ...

S&P launches risk controlled indices

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
Standard and Poor's has launched risk controlled versions of its S&P 500 and S&P/ASX 200 indices as investors look to gain exposure to the US and Australian markets while limiting their risk. The S&P 500 Risk Control 10% Index and the S&P/ASX 200 Risk ...

Easing Libor pains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
No more Libor pains. The trillions of dollars flooding the financial system have already bought optimism for an eventual economic recovery - now it is also buying trust. Trust among banks, that is. Yesterday, I talked about the Libor/OIS spread - a ...

New chapter for DST Global Solutions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Investment management technology provider DST International has been renamed DST Global Solutions Ltd, to reflect a business restructure and a move towards providing software services, not just products. Starting this year, the group will have three ...

CBA launches capital protection funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has launched a new capital-protected investment, Capital Series Compass, which offers investors a choice of two investment themes - an Australian share market or Australian/Hong Kong blend. The Capital Series Compass offers ...

Confusion in the inflection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Cracks on the Wall? Have markets got ahead of themselves and investors are now looking for the greater fool? Taking Wall Street's cue, most major equity markets around the world finished last week's trading activity in the red. But then again, most ...

Salisbury beats FP recruitment targets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
The Salisbury Group is on target to exceed the dealer group's recruitment target of 16 financial advisers for the financial year. The boutique dealer group recruited 15 financial advisers since the beginning of the financial year, four of those since ...

AXA names top adviser

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
Newcastle based financial planner, Paul Howden, has won AXA's national annual adviser award, the Gerald Lippman Perpetual Trophy. Howden joined AXA 16 years ago as a paraplanner in Newcastle before becoming a salaried financial planner two years later. ...

Plain English works best: Suncorp

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
Suncorp Wealth Management has overhauled its communication strategy to help members better understand super, starting with a new communications guide for internal staff and a new look and feel to at least 100 types of letters it sends to members each ...

Super escapes budget knives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
Generally positive reactions by wealth managers to the second Rudd-Swan federal budget indicate the industry increasingly knows its place in the political landscape. Driving the mooted reaction is how kind the Treasurer Wayne Swan was to the superannuation ...