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Russell in hiring spree, Elkins departs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
Russell Investments has announced more than 20 new specialist appointments to its Australian team and appointed Steve Schubert as managing director of superannuation, replacing current head Linda Elkins. Among the key appointments is Steve Schubert ...

Investing on thin ice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
A leading fixed income manager likens the market to a car careening into a frozen pond and fishtailing before steadying - except the car could still crash and is still on thin ice. Roger Bridges, head of fixed income at $10 billion-plus fund manager ...

Macquarie wins mandate from Mexico

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
Macquarie Group is eyeing Mexican infrastructure this new year, following the launch of a new infrastructure fund and winning $294 million in mandates from seven Mexican pension funds. In a press statement released late last week, Macquarie announced ...

Motorcycle diaries

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
From fund managers to top financial planners, some of the industry's biggest guns have one thing in common with their passion for finance - riding motorbikes. Motorcycling is often a hit and miss exercise. You either fall in love with it, or you don't. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket was one per cent higher at noon, boosted by news Wesfarmers-owned Coles had gained an upper-hand over rival Woolworths. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 48 points, or one per cent, at 4866.8 while the broader ...

OneVue adds DNR

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
OneVue has added five Dalton Nicol Reid MAx, Managed Account Xertus, portfolio mandates to its managed account. Dalton Nicol Reid provides financial advisers with monthly mandate updates, detailed audio updates and stock change advice. Charles Cornish ...

Countdown to awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
The Rainmaker SelectingSuper Awards are just around the corner, an event that showcases the best super funds in the country. This year's awards held at the Westin Hotel, Sydney on 6 November and hosted by sporting television personality Ken Sutcliffe ...

AIST measures investment choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
An industry association has questioned why super funds provide a range of investments options after a survey found less than 6.5 per cent of members switched funds in the past three years. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) survey ...

Temasek seeks more Asian exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Australian fund managers with a focus on Asia should pay attention to the $160 billion Temasek Holdings, which recently flagged a new charter that would open its mandate book to more Asian and emerging markets fund managers. The Singaporean sovereign ...

Active members can cause asset allocation headache

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
Financial literacy and a push for more Australians to be engaged with superannuation will have a profound effect on super fund asset allocations, said one industry body. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event, David ...