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VicSuper members to receive carbon scorecard

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
VicSuper blazes the trail in sustainable investing after it revealed that members will receive a carbon emission measurement of their superannuation investments alongside their account balance. The $6.3 billion fund claims the initiative is an industry ...

Cuscal targets super as profit soars

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
Cuscal has reported an operating profit after tax of $18.7 million for the year ending 30 June - marking a year of continued growth as the firm expands its services in the superannuation sector. The $18.7 million figure marks its fifth consecutive years ...

Consumer outlook slows climate cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
Financial planners may find it hard convincing clients about the benefit of socially responsible investments after a new consumer sentiment report found Australians want to take action on climate change as long as it doesn't cost them anything. The ...

Funny Mae, Froggy Mac

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
"Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are so large and so interwoven in our financial system that a failure of either of them would cause great turmoil in our financial markets here at home and around the globe. This turmoil would directly and negatively impact ...

Boutique incubators work best: Russell

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
"Get in early and fast" is the winning formula when it comes to adding star boutique investment managers to a firm's funds, says Russell Investments. Speaking at the 2008 Russell Australasian Investment Summit in Melbourne last week, Jon Eggins, research ...

BNP Paribas wins six years with AMP

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
BNP Paribas Securities Services has won a six year custody and fund administration services mandate with AMP Ltd. BNP Paribas yesterday confirmed the extension of the AMP contract until 2014. AMP however is not a new client of BNP Paribas, which has ...

Manage ideas not just money

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
Rather than just hand over mandates to several money managers hoping their separate investment decisions don't cancel each other out, Russell's new emulation strategy instead pays managers for their best ideas that the firm then centrally implements. ...

Record fall in super fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
The average fee charged by super funds fell to 1.36 per cent, the first fall recorded in three years, according to the latest Rainmaker fee survey that reviewed 502 workplace, personal and retirement not-for-profit funds and master trusts. Andrew Keevers ...

Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
This Week's Market Movers (1 - 5 Sep 2008) Four of the world's major central banks will hold monetary policy meetings this week. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), The Bank of Canada (BoC), the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB) ...

Northern Trust exposes fixed income assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
Northern Trust's upgrades to its online reporting system promise to enable fixed income managers to accurately attribute performance in fixed income investments. The firm's Investment Risk and Analytical Services (IRAS) team improved the reporting service ...