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BNY Mellon boutiques win mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... awarded global equity mandates on behalf of Japan's public pension fund, the $1.9 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF). Following a review of its existing fund managers, GPIF appointed two BNY Mellon Asset Management boutique investment ...

Gilbert to retire

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive, Richard Gilbert, is retiring at the end of September. According to a statement by IFSA, Gilbert will take on a part-time role as associate director of IFSA from then on. It is understood ...

Vision Super banking goes live

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
Members of the $4.2 billion Vision Super can now access their allocated pension funds directly through ATMs and Visa Debit cards with its recently launched banking service. Vision Super teamed up with Cuscal last year to provide the super fund's members ...

ING partners with MBF

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
ING Australia has partnered with MBF to provide super members with a 12 per cent saving in corporate private health insurance rates. Mark Pankhurst, ING Australia head of product and marketing for wealth management, said this discount is usually only ...

Van Eyk enhances risk ratings

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... their investment decisions with their risk tolerance. The firm's fund rating process assesses the likelihood of an investment fund achieving its return objectives over a two to three year period and identifies the strength and weaknesses of competing ...

OneAnswer adds six

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
ING Australia has added six new investment funds to its OneAnswer investment menu and ventured into the infrastructure asset class. Adviser feedback highlighted a need for additional investment funds to assist with portfolio construction, manager diversity ...

Australia faces financial hub contender

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
Singapore is introducing new tax incentives for investment funds to build up its position as an international finance powerhouse - a move which could pose a serious threat to Australia's hopes of becoming Asia's financial hub. The Singaporean government ...

IOOF adds govt guarantee option

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
IOOF and Perennial Investment Partners have teamed up to provide clients with a government backed cash investment option. The Perennial Protected Cash Trust, available across superannuation and investment accounts, invests in short term, interest bearing ...

Zurich expands investment team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
Zurich Financial Services has added three new staff to the firm's investment team, including an investment analyst, a relationship manager and a research manager. Elliot Bullock was hired as an investment analyst after recently graduating from the University ...

Principal Global Investors wins $160m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... managers were appointed, including PGI. The Suncorp Investment Management World Equities Trust is the underlying investment fund for all Suncorp retail global share funds. The trust had regularly outperformed the MSCI World ex-Australia Index but the ...