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Funds should target retirement income not returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
Poor super fund returns due the worldwide share slump continue to highlight how traditional super fund design is all about accumulation while neglecting the main objective of retirement income. "We've built an accumulation system, we haven't built a ...

Asia growth to transform business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... customers. Asia will also be a new platform for global business. Dr Gupta said, for example, IBM has 365,000 employees worldwide and almost half of them are based in India with a significant number of these servicing other markets. With the region comprising ...

Fidelity to offer fixed income products to Australian market

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has announced plans to bring fixed income products to the Australian market towards the end of 2012. The company said it is talking to its planners to gauge their opinions on which products it should bring over from Europe. ...

T. Rowe Price appoints former ING IM manager

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... in global assets under management as of June this year. T. Rowe Price employs over 5,000 associates in 13 countries worldwide. The firm's Sydney office offers sales, client services, and consultant relations to banks and financial intermediaries throughout ...

PIMCO appoints new vice president

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... options, and will be managing Australian dollar and global portfolios. More than 1,400 people are employed at PIMCO worldwide, with the firm's Australian arm managing more than $30 billion across a wide rage of fixed income funds and strategies.

AMP Capital rides high on global infra demand

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... concerns and market volatility." According to AMP Capital, estimated spending on infrastructure is under by $25 trillion worldwide, with governments coming under increased budgetary constraints. "Increasingly the onus is on the private sector to undertake ...

UBS CEO resigns over rogue trading scandal

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... trader, equates to approximately the same amount the Swiss bank is looking to shave off its books by cutting 3,500 jobs worldwide. "The Board regrets Oswald GrA1/4bel's decision," said UBS's Chairman, Kaspar Villiger, in a statement. "Oswald GrA1/4bel ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... markets slumped as the US Federal Reserve's latest multi-billion-dollar move to shore up the American economy was met with worldwide disappointment. The US dollar strengthened against regional currencies as investors sought its safe-haven status after ...

JP Morgan head Perry resigns

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
Jane Perry, JP Morgan's head of Worldwide Securities Services, Australia & New Zealand, will leave the firm this year to pursue new opportunities in the local market. Her replacement has already been appointed. Perry has been in the role since November ...

UBS $2bn rogue trader in custody

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... loss equates to approximately the same amount the Swiss bank is looking to shave off its books by cutting 3,500 jobs worldwide. According to a report published in UK newspaper, Financial Times, UBS did not discover the suspected rogue trading activity ...