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AIA tops life risk inflows chart

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
AIA Australia, formerly AIG Australia, has beaten its competitors by a wide margin to record the largest percentage increases of overall life insurance risk market inflows, new research shows. AIA Australia enjoyed the highest percentage of inflow increases ...

Chinese Australians return to the East

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Chinese Australian investors have never been far from their Chinese roots and portray a different investment mindset to the average Australian investor, as many yearn for bigger exposures to Asia, according to one specialist fund manager. Jonathan Wu ...

GMO and Lazard win combined $1.4bn in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Ipac has appointed $700 million mandates with GMO and Lazard as part of its Australian equities portfolio overhaul. Multi-manager ipac is rehashing its $4 billion Australian equities portfolio with new 'tailored mandates' that allow active managers ...

Financial Facts rumoured to close shop

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
ING-backed research house Financial Facts is rumoured to be closing shop following the acquisition of ING's wealth management business by ANZ - a rumour an ING spokesperson has denied. Financial Facts, which provides services to advisers from Tandem ...

Rio Tinto Super explores alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
The corporate superannuation fund for Rio Tinto employees has introduced a new alternative growth asset class to diversify into the unlisted markets. The Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund introduced the new asset class on 10 September. As a result ...

FBI hunts down bank fraudsters

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
The US has teamed up with Egypt in one of the largest crackdowns on cyber fraud - resulting in 100 people linked to an international "phishing" operation charged for trying to defraud American banks. According to a press statement from the Federal Bureau ...

REI Super named as default fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
The $600 million REI Super has been named as the default superannuation fund in the first draft of a new Federal Real Estate Award. REI Super, which had $608 million at the end of June according to Rainmaker Information, has been singled out by the ...

Focus on dividend outcome: Insync

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
Planners under pressure from clients to prioritise long-term income over capital growth should take note of a fresh strategy from new entrant Insync - a specialist global equities fund manager. Monik Kotecha, chief investment officer of the three-month ...

Gems in smaller property trusts: BTIM

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
Opportunities in the Australian listed property trust sector would most likely come out of small to medium property firms and their trusts next year, said Peter Davidson, head of property securities at BT Investment Management. Currently, deals by Valad ...

Supercorp set to launch superMate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
Supercorp Australia is poised to unveil superMate, its next generation self managed superannuation fund administration software built on the technology of its current flagship product, SuperVisor II. The new offering extends the existing SuperVisor ...