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ESG RA to award best stockbroking research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... panelists are Ann Byrne, chief executive officer of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors; Pru Bennett, head of corporate governance at BlackRock Investment Management; and Simon O'Connor, chief executive of the Responsible Investment Association ...

UK multi-asset favourite pushes for super fund mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
One of the UK and US's best selling managed investment funds is now being marketed to Australian institutional investors. The Standard Life Investments Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) fund has attracted more than $30 billion funds under management ...

Advisers overlooking business development

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... selling their practice in the next five to ten years," he said. According to the survey, more than 60% of advisers rated corporate governance as the number one (47%) or number two (17%) service they value most for their dealer fees. Around 55% ranked ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... has surged this year as investors became encouraged by a recovery in the housing market and a pickup in hiring. Strong corporate earnings and continuing economic stimulus from the Federal Reserve are also supporting demand for stocks. LONDON - Trading ...

Mills Oakley to launch private wealth service

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... wealthy individuals on 14 March. Private Advisory, which will be opened by The Hon Peter Costello AC, provides advice on corporate structuring, asset protection, estate planning, tax, business succession planning, co-ownership issues and business exits. ...

Telstra Super CEO retires

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... Ireland," Crowe said last week. "My time at Telstra Super has coincided with enormous change at Australia's largest Corporate Super Fund and a period of significant transformation within the Superannuation Industry." Recently appointed Telstra chairman ...

Super operating costs rise to $150 per member

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... partner Wayne Walker, who produced the report, said that operating costs varied greatly between industry, retail and corporate funds. He said the average operating costs for retail and corporate funds tended to be higher because they offer more complex ...

Investors overlook US recovery

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... performance of investment markets had seen him turn increasingly bullish. He pointed to high levels of cash being held on US corporate balances sheets, the fact that consumers had now paid down debt to pre-GFC levels and the certainty that now existed ...

EM corp bonds better than US: CFSGAM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Investors can get a better return on emerging markets corporate bonds than they can on US corporates with the same credit rating, according to Colonial First State Global Asset Management's Helene Williamson. Previously only deemed appropriate for speculators ...

Media Super to add corporate funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... superannuation fund Media Super has put together a team to develop its new consolidation strategy focused on attracting corporate funds with members who work in media. Media Super acting CEO Michael Rooney said the team has identified eight to twelve ...