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ASIC flags end-of-year signposts

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... listed companies in the country, the regulator has flagged key measures they will be looking at in this reporting season. Top on the list is company reporting on 'going concern' issues, including a company's ability to refinance debt, raise new funds ...

ASFA to host Communications forum and awards

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is hosting a communications forum and awards ceremony recognising the industry's top communication professionals. The ASFA Communications Forum & Awards will be held on 30 July at The Ivy in Sydney. Todd ...

Super without worries

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... capital guarantee delivered. According to Rainmaker Data, the AXA North capital guaranteed superannuation option was among the top 10 performers last year. It kept super savings in the black at a time when the index lost nearly 30 per cent. The momentum ...

South Africa and Brazil take ESG lead

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
South African and Brazilian companies have been identified for their progress on integrating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) disclosure by global institutional investors. The Emerging Markets Disclosure Project (EMDP) survey found ...

Hedge funds lag index returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... hedge funds]," he said. He said institutional investors would move away from fund of hedge fund strategies to index funds and top performing hedge fund managers. "The losers out of all this is going to be the fund of fund black boxes... I think you're ...

GFC highlights five-year outperformers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
In 2004, Greece held the Olympic Games, Coldplay's Clocks was on top of the charts and, if you invested $1,000 in Perennial, Prime Value or Fidelity's Australian equities fund, that same capital would be worth over $1,700 today. Rainmaker Information ...

GIC reshuffles top management

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
Singapore-based investment management firm GIC, which has over $100 billion in FUM, has appointed Lim Siong Guan as group president and Tony Tan as chairman of its real estate arm. Richard Hu will retire as chairman of GIC Real Estate Private Limited ...

NAB/Aviva deal fuels insurance shake-up

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... with the largest total risk premium inflows and one that claims a 15.5 per cent share of the market - usurping CommInsure's top spot in the category. Figures from Plan for Life note that for the 2008 calendar year, NAB/MLC Group garnered 12 per cent ...

NAB and Aviva rule platform land

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... Securities, Infocus Wealth Management and AG Private Advisory. Putting the two firms together would place the combined entity at the top with 2,952 advisers for 23 per cent of the market and $50 billion in funds under advice. AMP, the firms' nearest ...

Corp bonds dominate UK sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... a quarter of the sales on the Cofunds platform in May. The latest figures from the UK-based investment platform found the top three selling funds included the M&G Strategic Corporate Bond A fund, M&G Corporate Bond A fund and the Invesco Perpetual Corporate ...