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Aussie fund managers outside top 100

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
Despite having the world's fourth largest investment market to source funding from, Australian fund managers have once again failed to crack the world's top 100, new figures show. According to a study conducted by Towers Watson and Pension & Investments ...

PAS supports Paceline

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... condition where abnormal electrical activity develops in the heart, causing an irregular beat. "With more than 400,000 Australians having one kind of cardiac arrhythmias and that number increasing in prevalence as people reach retirement age, this is ...

Former planner pushes for cruelty free super

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... the launch of Cruelty Free Super. Melbourne-based Ethical Money launched the super fund in a bid to cater for those Australians who do not want their super used as funding for issues they may be ethically opposed to, such as animal testing, factory farming ...

Parity not quite a party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... the day whether in reference to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi or the currency markets internationally. In Delhi, Australians currently lead their Commonwealth competitors with 32 gold medals, 19 silvers and 17 bronzes. But it's the Aussie dollar that's ...

AMP and Bendigo Bank align

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
... distribution reach of wealth solutions, the financial brand said that it wanted to provide greater access to those Australians without life insurance. From October this year, AMP Flexible Lifetime Protection will be rolled out to Bendigo Bank's branches ...

Rise of in-house fund mgmt a game changer

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
A shift of government super funds towards in-house management could threaten the raison d'etre of some of Australia's largest investment managers. In its recently released results, state owned fund manager Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) disclosed ...

Doing good pays off for Christian Super

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... Super, whose funds all adhere to ethical investment guidelines, said it is benefiting from the increasing desire of Australians to see their super contributions invested responsibly. "As a Christian superannuation fund, we're committed to investing according ...

Tower wins Virgin Money mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... simple and easy format. "It's part of our overall plan to ensure greater accessibility of life insurance to everyday Australians, and this also fits in with the company's growth strategy," he said. Matt Baxby, managing director of Virgin Money Australia ...

Bad hair day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... broken, commodity prices are high, China's still buying, house prices continue to rise, employers are hiring - that Australians are becoming more confident in taking on debt? Ahhh, debt - that lonely, unloved word of the times. While many a developed ...

Investor confidence shaken, and stirred

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Despite better economic numbers from the US and at home, Australians are less confident about their finances today than they were three months ago, a study found. The Suncorp Life Confidence Index fell 1.5 points fell from 60.9 in April 2010 to 59.4 ...