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ING super chosen by Carter Holt Harvey

HAMISH MADDEN | THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007

... At the same time, ING was trumpeting a recent five star rating from Heron, who rated ING Corporate Super the best in its class. "This significant business win and the top rating from Heron Partners are the result of ING's commitment to providing outstanding ...

Macq steaks $700m fund

... "I think within the Australian investment arena, agriculture is still a very new and relatively little understood asset class. There is a greater understanding of agriculture as an asset class overseas." Macquarie Pastoral hopes to raise $1.16 billion ...

Tyndall, Suncorp restructure investment ops

Tyndall and Suncorp have announced the restructuring of their investment operations following Suncorp's purchase of the Promina group in March this year. While concrete details are currently unavailable, Tyndall chief executive officer Brett Himbury ...

SELECT scores four stars for diversified funds

CHRIS NICHOLLS | WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007

Select Asset Management today announced that Standard & Poor's has awarded both its Select Growth Portfolio and Select Defensive Portfolio diversified funds a four star rating. S&P fund analyst Tara Bell said, "The four stars reflects our high conviction ...

Westpac ends senior IT exec hunt

... organisational restructurings, including technology and operations integrations; and post-merger management. "Diane is a world-class executive and I am delighted that she is re-joining Westpac after a successful career at McKinsey. She has worked on ...

XPLAN incorporates Zenith research

... covered infrastructure funds before but only during launch. This time, we figured there's a lot of demand for this asset class that it warrants a review as a whole, not just the individual funds," said Wright. Michelle Baltazar

No multi-sector managers deserve five-stars: S&P

S&P Fund Services has awarded 28 multi-sector fund managers with a four-star rating but stopped short of recommending any of the fund managers among the 250 multi-sector funds analysed with the coveted five-star badge. The 2007 multisector report was ...

FUM hits $1.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007

... superannuation savings are still only climbing at the same rate as the overall FUM market. Direct property is still the hottest asset class jumping 57 per cent during the year, up $48 billion. Following direct property is ethical/SRI which is up 53 per ...

Super speeds past $1.1tr

HAMISH MADDEN | THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007

Australian superannuation assets tipped over the $1.1 trillion mark in March, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). APRA's Quarterly Superannuation Performance report highlighted that superannuation ...

Perpetual launches structured cap-protection fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS | THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007

Perpetual has announced the first capital protected structured fund, providing lock-in gains and an option to borrow up to 100 per cent of original invested value and the first year's interest with no margin calls. Perpetual Protected Investments Series ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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