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Russell slashes Aust jobs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
Russell Investment Group has cut around 20 per cent of the firm's Melbourne and Sydney staff, but leaves local investment teams mostly intact. According to industry sources, the firm's Melbourne office, where the majority of staff cuts were made, suffered ...

Norway SWF adopts ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... The fund previously had two tools to help ensure compliance with the fund's ethical commitments - first, the exercise of active ownership in the companies in the portfolio and secondly the exclusion of companies from its investment universe. One of the ...

Asteron adds to sales team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... development to the existing team and enhance the firm's product and marketing services to financial advisers. "Barry will be an active business development manager, managing a panel of South Australian and Northern Territory advisers, with a focus on ...

BGI appoints Australian CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... Australian business. Britten succeeds Morry Waked who was appointed global head of chief investment officer for BGI global active equity business earlier this year. Britten joined BGI Australia in 1997 and after a stint in the group's US office returned ...

Investment mandates to factor climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
Nine out of ten major super funds have changed or plan to review their investment mandates to reflect climate change issues, a survey found. An Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Climate Institute survey found 95 per cent of ...

Vanguard launches ETFs in Oz

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
Vanguard Investments Australia has announced it will launch Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) for Australian investors. The Vanguard Group is already a leading manager of ETFs in the US. Vanguard entered the US ETF market in 2001 and at the end of 2008 ...

Legalsuper members make a choice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
More than half of the $1 billion industry fund legalsuper's members are taking charge of their investment choice - a strong sign that informed members are increasingly voicing their opinions on how their super should be run. A survey that was conducted ...

Reverse core satellite approach: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... Financial planners should consider reversing the traditional approach to core-satellite investment strategy and adopt an "active" core and "passive" satellite tactic in bad markets, according to van Eyk. Stephen van Eyk, van Eyk Research managing director ...

Contributions surge to 25pc of wages

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
Revised statistics on superannuation contributions released by APRA and the ATO reveal an explosion in the amount of money Australians are contributing into their super funds, now running at a quarter of total wages and salaries. APRA figures released ...

Twitter my super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... growing at a rapid rate with Twitter, the latest craze in micro-blog sites, recently reporting a 900 per cent increase in active users in one year, and individuum have been quick to jump on it. "Individuum recognises that younger investors have a different ...