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Canadian pensions pounce on Aus toll road firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
The Canada Pension Plan and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, two of the biggest pension plans in Canada, set its sights on Australian-based toll road owner and operator group, Transurban. Australia's super fund infrastructure asset strategy appears to ...

Job woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
"They left me to rot!" For all intents, this could be the rallying cry for the 8.2 million Americans that are now unemployed since the start of the US recession in December 2007. I speak, of course, of 40-year old Jason Rodriguez, a former employee ...

Drop commissions or get off APL: AMP

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
AMP has told fund managers if they want to be on the group's 1,600-strong financial planning network's approved product list (APL), their products must not include any commissions. Steve Helmich, director Financial Planning, Advice and Services at AMP ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open stronger on Friday after financial stocks propelled Wall Street higher overnight. At 0744 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was up 41 points at 4,860, on a volume ...

Sentry buys AFG Financial Planning

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
National dealer group Sentry Group has acquired the financial planning arm of Australia's largest mortgage broker, Australian Finance Group - bringing Sentry's funds under advice to $2.2 billion. ING Australia-backed Sentry Group acquired Australia ...

AMP appoints multi asset group head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... UK. He was responsible for all equity products at Baring Asset Management and held head of European equities positions at Hill Samuel Asset Management and Sun Life Investment Management. His other positions include strategist for Enskilda Securities ...

UniSuper appoints key advice execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
UniSuper appointed Jason Holandsjo as manager of operations & product and Alex Aracas as national practice manager in the super fund's financial advice department. Holandsjo joins UniSuper from Australian Unity Personal Finance Services where he worked ...

Apostle adds to client service team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
Apostle Asset Management has hired Lucinda Hill in a client servicing role. Hill joins Apostle Asset Management from UK-based Renaissance Investment Management where she worked in a number of client servicing roles with high-end clients. "This has been ...

September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
Zap!...Ka-pow!...Thwap!...Sprunch! The dead cat bouncers hit back! 'Twas only yesterday I was pondering the timing of when the bouncing dead cat would hit the ground again. For as adamant as the dead cat bounce camp is that the deceased feline will ...

Dead cat bouncers dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
Hi ho...hi ho, it's off to work we go! The news just got better. If you thought Australia's latest unemployment reading was great, you'll certainly be rejoicing - as Wall Street did - at the reduction in America's jobless rate. Here at home, the Australian ...