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State Street scores $1bn mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
State Street Global Asset Managers wins a $1 billion global mandate from one of the world's top 20 sovereign funds, the $43 billion Alaskan Permanent Fund Corporation. The trustee board of the American super fund handed the mandate to State Street on ...

Snowball buys FP and super businesses

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
Snowball has bought Brisbane based financial planning business Money Mentors and an Adelaide based corporate superannuation business adding approximately $180 million in funds under advice (FUA) to the group. Money Mentors will operate under the group's ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
"This is a beautiful set of numbers." (Paul Keating). What is? The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report for November of course. But many headlines did not see it that way. Bloomberg headline: Australia Lost 15,600 Jobs, Adding ...

Farmers get free advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
The Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) pro bono advice program trial in the New South Wales region of Sunraysia has resulted in a dozen referrals from rural financial counsellors to financial planners just over a year. Susan Grice ...

Morgan Stanley launches Aus Eq fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has launched a top performing Australian Equity Fund previously available to instos into the retail investor market. The Morgan Stanley Equity Fund is an actively-managed and highly concentrated fund that ...

Media Super sponsors Walkley awards

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
Lights, camera, action - Media Super, the industry fund for print, media, entertainment and arts professionals, is sponsoring the 2008 Walkley Awards. The $2.6 billion fund is the major sponsor of this year's Walkley Awards, which pays tribute to journalists ...

St.George chief resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
Paul Fegan, chief executive and managing director of St. George Bank, has announced his resignation. "Given that St.George shareholders have overwhelmingly endorsed the [Westpac/St.George] merger, it's now appropriate to make my decision about the future," ...

Age of the virtual super regulator

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
The creation of a 'super' regulator, in which securities commissions around the world agree to govern under a unifying set of principles that crosses national boundaries, might just be the key to prevent a repeat of the global financial crises. Speaking ...

Banks to reprioritise IT spending

THESHEET.COM WITH ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
Australian banks are expected to invest in key risk technologies to boost their defensive position over the next 12 months in response to the global credit crisis. IT expenditure will come under new scrutiny but the area is no longer regarded as an ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
Just less than a year ago, households, businesses and financial markets were bracing for crude oil at US$200 a barrel. And in July 2008, this fear threatened to become a reality when crude oil prices topped US$147.27 a barrel in the international markets. ...