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AMP Cap appoints Japan MD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
AMP Capital Investors has appointed Toshiaki Yamashita as managing director and representative director in Japan after he joined the firm in July in a similar role. Yamashita previously worked at AMP Capital in Japan as acting managing director. He ...

AXA Asia Pacific taps SMSFs, restructures fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
AXA Asia Pacific makes a big push into the SMSFs sector, flags plans to remove all entry, exit and trail commission products from its APLs and unbundle advice fees from product fees on all of AXA's on-sale products. In an investor presentation today ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket had rebounded from Friday's losses and was firmly in the black at noon, driven by gains in banking and resources stocks, amid expectations Dubai's debt woes will be contained. At 1203 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was ...

ComSuper faces executive and admin reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
Government superannuation schemes have not escaped ongoing governance reviews, with the schemes' administrator ComSuper mandated to outsource some of its work to cut taxpayer bill and the 'Commissioner for Superannuation' role dropped in favour of a ...

Disability review assesses role of insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
The Federal Government has announced a feasibility study into disability care and support services, which will review how a new system could co-exist with the injury insurance industry. The government's Productivity Commission is investigating the cost ...

QIC wins $100m from QSuper

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
QSuper has pumped $109 million into QIC's Global Fixed Interest (GFI) Alpha Fund. The QIC GFI Alpha Fund, which generates returns from a broad global fixed income opportunity set, has delivered 13 per cent (gross) per annum since July 2005. In May 2009 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket was up more than half of one per cent at noon, as gains in the mining and retail sectors offset weakness in some bank and energy stocks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 35 points, or 0.75 per cent, at 4720.8 ...

Bennelong wins Guardian mandate

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
Bennelong Australian Equity Partners (BAEP) has won a $10 million mandate with the Guardian Benefits Fund Trust. The trust is a joint venture between the Over Fifty Group and InvoCare. Sean Webster, investment manager of the Over Fifty Group, said the ...

Pengana Asian Equities goes retail

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
Diversified funds manager Pengana Capital has opened its Asian Equities Long Short Fund to the retail market. The fund was previously only accessible to wholesale investors. The fund offers investors the opportunity to participate in the growth potential ...

More calls about super: Russell

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
Russell's member services team has witnessed a 140 per cent surge in general phone enquiries by concerned super fund members - indicating that while the GFC might be over, members are still anxious about their funds. Justine de Mestre, senior manager ...