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AERF selects MLC IC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
MLC Implemented Consulting has been chosen by the Australian Eligible Rollover Fund to multi manage the super fund's $800 million in assets. AERF collects member benefit payments from people that are considered 'lost' or are no longer eligible to be ...

Markets down, national happiness in positive territory

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
Despite the increasing focus on economics and financial markets, Australians don't seem much happier now than they were before, reveals the latest Australian Unity Wellbeing Report. The index, which has been operating since 2001, measures the "subjective ...

Prime Super switches custody

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
Prime Super has appointed NAB Custody Services (NCS) after switching asset consultants to change the fund's investment strategy. Prime Super chose Access Capital Advisers to provide asset consultancy services in November 2006, which resulted in a review ...

Time to get radical: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
In September when the sub-prime mess began unfolding, the big worry was whether it would spill over to the real economy. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) thinks this may now be happening and has taken the problem to a whole new level requiring ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher according to the March SPI futures index, and after New York staged a late rally to come back from falls that followed the Bear Sterns fire sale. In London overnight, base metals were significantly ...

Central banks try again to lift liquidity

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
Several of the world's most prominent central banks, led by the US Federal Reserve, overnight announced details of the latest scheme - basically looser lending, by them, to select counterparties - that they hope will help revive liquidity in interbank ...

Listed cos fail compliance test

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
A higher number of ASX-listed company directors have failed to comply with share trading rules today compared to four years ago, raising questions on the prevalence of insider trading and the influence of the country's regulators. The number of top ...

Mortgage managers sanguine over Macquarie exit

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
Mortgage managers and originators say they are taking the news of Macquarie Bank's decision to quit the mortgage market in their stride, insisting they had multiple funding sources and could replace the Macquarie funding without feeling any impact on ...

Aviva Investors the new force in GAM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
Aviva is merging ten of its global asset managers under one banner, Aviva Investors, creating a new $660 billion-plus player in the managed funds sector. From September this year, the merged operation will include UK-based Morley Fund Management, North ...

TFNs available online: ING

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
By July this year, ING Australia will allow Employer Super clients to send tax file numbers (TFNs) electronically for employees that select a choice fund. The enhancement to ING's online Clearing House capability ensures employers can transfer contributions ...