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Report finds retirement income advice shortfall

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
Australians over 40 years of age may not be receiving the type of advice they need after a report found less than half of respondents to a survey are getting advice on retirement income planning. The Investment Trends 2009 Retirement Income Report based ...

CalPERS champions placement agent reform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
The $200 billion CalPERS is lobbying for legislation that requires placement agents to register as lobbyists, and be subject to the reporting and ethics rules under the California Political Reform Act. In light of recent allegations that placement agents ...

What gets measured, gets done

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
Super fund consultants urged trustees to "sweat the detail" of how they measure fund strategy outcomes or risk failing to complete their strategies on time and on budget. Adrian Johnstone, managing director of Sequential Project Services, noted research ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received a mixed lead from Wall Street, with major indices lower, but precious and base metals, and oil, higher. At 0829 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 12 points higher ...

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 ...