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Indian pension funds poised for growth

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Recent reforms to India's pension system could foster a "shareholder society" that will underpin the country's equity markets for years to come, market watchers say. India, like most emerging market economies, has no universal retirement safety net. ...

Former VFMC chief joins CP2

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
Former Victorian Funds Management Corporation chief executive, Syd Bone, has been appointed chief executive of global infrastructure investment firm, CP2. Bone was chief executive of VFMC from 2004 to 2009. He was also former managing director of the ...

Birth of the iPad adviser

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... the feeling," she said, meaning the multidimensional impact of an iPad presentation plus the 'wow' factor might just help foster a connection between the adviser and the client. Banaei also said the social aspect of using an iPad, which allows advisers ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... had a volatile ride over the last few months and there is no short-term end to that at this point," he said. Shares in Foster's Group were up sharply after it said it had received and rejected a non-binding proposal to buy its Treasury Wine Estates wine ...

Dimensional Aus hires two

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... Thomas' demonstrated intellectual curiosity and research background fits perfectly with the climate of innovation we like to foster here," said Glenn Crane, chief executive of Dimensional Australia in Sydney. Reif will report to Dimensional's head of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... line. Equities news will be dominated again by companies' earnings reports. Annual results are due from Perpetual Ltd, Foster's Group Ltd, Ridley Corporation Ltd, Origin Energy Ltd, Whitehaven Coal Ltd, Mirvac Group, Aevum Ltd, Australian Worldwide Exploration ...

CommInsure and Zurich win insurance awards

MEDIA RELEASES  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
CommInsure has won 'Life Insurance Company of the Year' award while Zurich Financial Services Australia won the 'Treasurer's Award for Good Governance and Practice' at the 2010 Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards. The awards, in its ...

Fin centre plans hang in the balance: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... years, enough to cover the salary costs of two staff. "One of the key aims underlying the work of the centre will be to foster financial sector innovation, while ensuring the risk inherent in the financial system is appropriately managed through best ...

AMP hires sales execs for IFAs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... National Mutual. These announcements follow the recent Queensland appointments of Kevin Canning as regional leader and Reece Foster as BDM. Canning was most recently key account manager for Millennium 3 and prior to this was in senior sales roles at ...

Wall Street takes a dive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... expanding, reflecting growth in the global economy and the recovery of world trade. Stronger exports have in turn helped foster growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector." Cover your ears and sing lalala so you don't hear Benny saying, "My colleagues on ...