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BlackRock to focus on model-based fixed income inv

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
Multinational fund manager BlackRock is increasingly focusing on a model-driven approach of fixed income investing for its clients in Australia and overseas, as it believes this is the method of the 21 st century. BlackRock describes model-based fixed ...

IAG board member steps down

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
Insurance Australia Group board member of six years, Phillip Colebatch, has retired from his position. Insurance Australia Group chairman Brian Schwartz said he thanks Philip for his contribution over almost six years, during a time of significant change ...

The QE question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
I have a confession to make, all these speculation over whether or not Big Ben will QE or not has got this little ben stumped. For I don't see any point in guessing what's inside the head of the head of the most powerful central bank in the world. Financial ...

All advice scaled in proposed ASIC guidance

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
All advice is considered scaled to some extent, according to ASIC's consultation paper released yesterday on key elements of the FOFA reform package. The proposed guidance on scaled advice and best interests duty indicates the two categories of scaled ...

Super funds urged to include macro-level ESG principles

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
Institutional investors are increasingly demanding that Environmental, Social and Governance principles be considered in mandate design - and it needs to be from a macro-level, said Solaris Investment Management. "Several of Solaris' institutional clients ...

"Bad apples" slipping through the cracks: ASIC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
The corporate regulator has put licensees on notice, saying there is growing concern that "bad apples" in the industry are slipping through the cracks because of poor reference checking when advisers swap between groups. At the Association of Financial ...

OneVue names chief executive

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
Platform provider OneVue has appointed Mark Frost to the newly created position of chief executive of direct services. Frost has been in the wealth management industry for 20 years and was formerly a vice president and client relationship manager at ...

Digging dirt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
Well that didn't last long, did it? Europe's back in the headlines and suddenly headlines are back digging all the big, bad news that's out there. On the same day that the EU formally approved Spain's a,-100 billion rescue package to recapitalise its ...

Wen's visible hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
Where are they now? Those hard landing-ers? Wall Streets and European equities jumped 1.7% and 1.4%, respectively - on the final day of last week's trading as markets welcomed news that China's economy slowed "as expected" to 7.6% in the year to the ...

Scope for super participation in TPD education

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
Super funds have a role to play in public education on the implications of TPD member cover, according to Slater & Gordon Lawyers. Following a recent survey that showed only 47% of people knew total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance coverage ...