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Plum wins NAB Super mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
Plum Financial Services' assets under administration are set to reach $11.2 billion after the $2.9 billion NAB Group Superannuation Fund subcontracted its administration services to Plum. According to a fund statement, National Australia Bank had elected ...

McCabe heads Coin as Jenkins resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Robert McCabe has been appointed head of product and technology for Coin/ Web, following the resignation of Darelle Jenkins as managing director of Coin Software. The head of product and technology structure for different divisions already exists in ...

Costello joins Future Fund board

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Former Treasurer Peter Costello has been appointed to the $64 billion Future Fund's Board of Guardians. Costello is expected to take up his post on 18 December, after officially quitting politics last month. He served as Treasurer from 1996 to 2007 ...

Telstra Super seeks investment experts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
Australia's largest corporate super fund, Telstra Super, is looking to for a property portfolio manager and alternatives professional to join its investment team. Telstra Super is putting out its feelers for a portfolio manager - property to manage ...

Russell to stay in Australia: Doman

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
Andrew Doman, global chief executive of Russell Investments, said Australia is a "strategically important" market to the firm and plans to deepen its local footprint, following questions about Russell's commitment to the Australian market. Doman said ...

Super should not be compulsory: Cox

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
Eva Cox, a woman's rights advocate and social activist, said super should not be compulsory for all Australians - and lambasted the industry for failing to meet the savings needs of the wider Australian public. Debating on whether SG should be raised ...

ANZ says no to ING IM acquisition, for now

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
ANZ, which bought ING Australia last month, said right now it is not looking to buy ING Investment Management and the local operations of the ING real estate business which the parent group announced earlier this week will be divested. "ANZ is not interested ...

FSP reviews insurer line up

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
Dealer group Financial Services Partners is reviewing its preferred risk carriers - including CommInsure, ING and Tower - through its annual adviser survey. A press statement from the firm noted that FSP's survey looks at the services provided by AIG ...

Macquarie buys Canadian dealer

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
Macquarie Group has bought Canadian investment dealer Blackmont Capital for $95 million ($C93.3 million) as the finance giant's global buying spree continues, and will rename the firm Macquarie Private Wealth. Macquarie announced on the ASX today that ...

CAAM and Soc Gen reveal Amundi

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
CrA(C)dit Agricole and SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale have renamed their new asset management business Amundi, a firm that ranks in the top 10 largest wealth managers in the world - with Australia's CrA(C)dit Agricole arm poised to benefit from the boost ...