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TTR strategies need more attention

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... been put aside. "When investment returns are negative, tax isn't the main thing people are worried about. But it will become top of mind again as investments start to turn," said Hutton. Hutton however brushes off the doom and gloom to say that this ...

Legalsuper members favour Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... equities reflects similar sentiment across the investment industry, including fund managers and asset consultants. Yesterday, top performing funds management Fidelity head of Australian equities Paul Taylor told the Financial Standard that the New Year ...

VFMC restructures investment teams

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... have a head of risk, and a head of performance measurement," he said. Aside from the new line-up, Bone said one of VFMC's top priorities for this year is hiring a head of investment strategy. The firm has recently hired a credit expert to boost their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... nervous about the state of US banking were rattled by the Royal Bank of Scotland's forecast that its losses for 2008 could top $US41.3 billion ($A61.64 billion), the biggest ever for a British corporation. The moves in Britain are designed to insure ...

Magellan Global tops overseas shares manager list

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... fell by as much as 50 per cent last year, Magellan Global bucked the trend by posting a 1.3 per cent loss, pushing it to the top of the league tables of overseas shares managers for 2008. As a fund manager that has only been around for barely two years ...

Rainmaker coverage tops 25,000 options

Rainmaker has just completed a major research expansion, boosting the investment option coverage in its online adviser and super fund web software to a massive 25,000 investment options. Andrew Keevers, Rainmaker associate director of research, said ...

Mercer ups ante in corporate super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
The $12 billion Mercer Super Trust recruits a top sales exec from Russell and revamps its employer and member-related services to maintain its top spot in the ultra-competitive corporate trust sector. Last year, Plan for Life reported that the Mercer ...

Aviva SMA gets adviser tick

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... Tim Cobb, the group is currently at the end of the IT build of its SMA offering - a solution that so far has the tick of its top advisers. "What we're trying to do is build a solution for customers and advisers, and I think nobody's got it [tapping the ...

Insurance still tops: super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
Enhancing insurance products remains a priority for super funds and their providers in 2009 as government and industry funds re-jig their offerings for better member cover. Public sector super provider Super SA for instance has announced the roll-out ...

State Street scores $1bn mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
State Street Global Asset Managers wins a $1 billion global mandate from one of the world's top 20 sovereign funds, the $43 billion Alaskan Permanent Fund Corporation. The trustee board of the American super fund handed the mandate to State Street on ...