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Zurich's three-year health check spur mandate changes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... years. The changes follow a review with Mercer, the firm's investment consultant, which occurs every three years. Kansas City-based fund manager, American Century, joins Lazard Asset Management as a fund manager in the international shares allocation. ...

Almost Per-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... approve Obama's nomination. They will because the market liked what they saw. "Home of the brave." The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index and 10-city home price index both rose by 1.4 per cent in June. This is more than twice the rate of improvement ...

City Super adopts weekly unit pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
The $1.1 billion Brisbane-based City Super is now using weekly unit pricing to determine the value of members' investments - a shift away from its previous monthly declared rates. City Super, which had $1.13 billion at the end of June according to Rainmaker ...

Wait no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... Reserve has got the "trend is your friend's" back. "Don't fight the Fed" is another truism on Wall Street. At the Kansas City Fed's Jackson Hole conference, Chairman Ben noted that the global economy is beginning to heal. No, this is not the good news ...

Mercer's self employed advice strategy falls short

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... firm is in the process of doing due diligence on at least three more practices at the moment. "We got a lot of interest from city practices, but to be true to our value proposition, we really need them located where our Mercer Super Trust members are ...

Signs of a residential property recovery

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... per cent, Gold Coast 14 per cent, Perth by 12 per cent and Darwin by 11 per cent. ANZ's Braddick predicts that all capital city markets will be growing by the June quarter next year and by the September quarter some will be growing up by five per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... KONG - The Hang Seng Index lost 0.64 point to 19,501.73. WELLINGTON - An upbeat earnings forecast from casino company Sky City On Tuesday spurred buying activity throughout the market. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 52.28 points, or 1.85 per cent ...

LGsuper expands options

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... superannuation services to current and former Queensland local government employees and their spouses, excluding those of Brisbane City Council employees. Things have now evolved, with the fund managing $3.6 billion and among these upgrades are two new ...

CitySuper appoints $60m to Wellington

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... its investment asset classes under the microscope. CitySuper is the super fund for current and former employees of Brisbane City Council.

City Pacific still in RE bind

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... notice with ASIC under the Corporations Act requiring the regulator to register Trilogy as the new responsible entity of the City Pacific First Mortgage Fund. Before the unitholders meeting last Thursday (June 25), City Pacific applied to the Federal ...