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All aboard online at CalPERS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
The California Public Employees' Retirement System is taking member education to cyberspace with the recently launched CalPERSResponds.com - a website that tackles pension issues such as investments, health and security. According to a press statement ...

Joined at the hip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
Ho hum. Another day, another boring day on Wall Street. Maybe there's more action in the north across its border. The usual suspects were in attendance to provide a semblance of market action. US shares rose on positive housing news. The S&P/Case Shiller ...

Premium eyes more practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
Premium Wealth Management is in talks with a dozen practices to join its ranks and is also looking at ways to access separately managed account (SMA) technology. Chris Saunders, chief executive at Premium Wealth Management, said the business is talking ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
Sucked in...again! Who was? Is? Will be? As the Dow Jones Industrials Index flips and flops on both side of the 10K divide, talk of a 'sucker's rally' have resurfaced. But it could also easily be a 'sucker's correction.' Readers who have been following ...

Invesco buys Morgan Stanley's retail arm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
Invesco has bought Morgan Stanley's $129 billion retail asset management business for $1.5 billion. The deal includes Morgan Stanley's Van Kampen Investments arm. Morgan Stanley's retail asset management business comprises of equity, fixed income, alternatives ...

Trustee board shake-up overdue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
The way super funds appoint their trustee boards and disclose boardroom decisions such as investment strategy and pay are starting to look out-of-date and out-of-touch as more super funds become open to the public, said a superannuation expert. Liz ...

Investors back structured prod investments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
Self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees and financial planning clients are snapping up structured products that provide exposure to local and Asian markets, with one provider of the products gaining more than $100 million in just 18 months. Instreet's ...

MLC targets TV for insurance drive

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
MLC is ramping up its insurance awareness strategy with television advertisements that entice viewers to consider their insurance needs and seek advice. The commercials are screened on channel 7, 9 and 10 and pay TV and show a couple talking and then ...

Prevention better than the cure: Asteron

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
Life insurer Asteron spearheads a new preventative healthcare program that aims to slash the cost of insurance to the average Australian and finally put a stop to insurance being seen as a 'grudge expense'. Yesterday the group launched an online customer ...

Bassanese backs Aus eqs and LPTs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Pennywise Investment, an exchange traded fund (ETF) specialist developed by economist David Bassanese, is keeping an overweight position in Australian equities and local listed property, despite some experts saying the market is overvalued. Bassanese ...