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Mercer and IPD develop unlisted prop index

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
Mercer and IPD have teamed up to provide a more robust approach to indexing unlisted property investments. The index, Mercer/IPD Australian Pooled Property Fund Index replaces the existing Mercer Unlisted Property Funds Index and the IPD Australian ...

CalPERS reviews US$50m fees to placement agent

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
The largest public pension fund in the US, CalPERS, is to investigate "success fees" paid to placement agents by its external fund managers after a disclosure report found more than US$50 million in fees were paid to a placement agency ran by a former ...

Show me the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
Remember Meredith? Meredith Whitney? Yes, that one. The 'mujer' who moved Wall Street during last quarter's reporting season. She's back in the headlines this reporting season. And if you believe the headlines, she is once more pulling Wall Street her ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open slightly lower after Wall Street stocks dropped after mixed corporate earnings reports. At 0730 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 13 points lower at 4,780. ...

AIOFP elects new board for PCM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Members of the Association of Independently-Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) have elected a new board to oversee its product manufacturing arm, Personal Choice Management, ahead of a bidding war on which platforms will manage around $4 billion of fund ...

GSJBW hires key account manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
Goldman Sachs JBWere has appointed Amy Johnston as a key account manager in its asset management division. Johnston joins the firm from Perennial Investment Partners where she worked for four years as an investment specialist. She also has seven years ...

UK platform assets rise 25 pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
In a sign that UK investors could be more confident in the local equity market, one of the largest independent financial planning platforms in region has hit over $30 billion in assets under administration, rising by 25 per cent since the start of the ...

SMSFs snap up blue chip shares

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Self-managed super fund trustees are now placing blue chip shares on the top of their buying list after brushing off last year's market carnage, research shows. With markets on an upward trajectory and investor sentiment turning towards the positive ...

Switching super funds on the rise: survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
The number of active super fund members looking to switch funds has risen over nine months to July, with the number of industry fund members thinking of changing funds almost doubling, a survey found. An Investment Trends report found the number of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open higher after US stocks and metals prices gained overnight. At 0724 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 28 points higher at 4460. In economic news on Friday ...