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Towers Watson expands Aus investment team

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
Global consultant Towers Watson has appointed Ben Trollip as an investment research consultant in its Australian Investment business. Trollip, who holds a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics and Statistics) from the University of Auckland, joins the Australian ...

ASIC winds up unregistered managed investment scheme

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has obtained orders in the Supreme Court of New South Wales to wind up an unregistered managed investment scheme operated by Secured Bond Ltd. In proceedings on 28 May 2012, the Supreme Court also made ...

Investors turn to dynamic asset allocation

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
The global financial crisis, and more recently the situation in Europe, has put global asset allocation back in focus, according to PineBridge Investments. Prior to the financial crisis many investors had given up attempting to balance risk and return ...

Advisers ready to move clients back to equities

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
Zurich's investment business in Australia has released new findings that show more than half of advisers surveyed are ready to re-balance their customers' portfolios to hold less cash. The nationwide survey of 200 advisers showed that 68% indicated ...

NSW budget to focus on creating infra deals

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
The New South Wales state budget will tackle the lack of investment opportunities in infrastructure, with the aim of luring funds back from interstate and overseas projects. NSW Treasurer Mike Baird is believed to have brokered a deal with State Super ...

Risk needs to shift in line with mission

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
Towers Watson has released research that suggests that the investment industry needs a new approach to risk management to align risk with mission. "It is time to promote better risk management over more measurement and we need to be careful not to mistake ...

Spanish bailout soured by upcoming Greek election

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
Despite an agreement reached to bailout Spanish banks, renewed fears over a Greek exit from the eurozone have caused further uncertainty. "Although news that Spain has requested money to shore up its banking system has been regarded as a positive development... ...

Trio investor secures damages from adviser

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
A NSW woman has successfully claimed damages from her former financial adviser, after losing substantial savings in the Trio fraud. Wollongong-based legal firm RMB Lawyers told the ABC it has been representing the woman, who has a terminal illness and ...

Goodman partners with Malaysian pension fund

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
The Goodman Group has partnered with a Malaysian pension fund for joint investment in high-quality logistical assets, with investment in an initial Australian portfolio of approximately $400 million. There will be a combined equity commitment of $500 ...

CSIRO questions Aus economy after the boom ends

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
A CSIRO researcher has questioned where Australia's economic output will come from once the commodities boom ends. "We are a highly exposed market because three things that we make, make up 40% of our exports," said Dr Stefan Hajkowicz, principal scientist ...