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Canadian pension fund bids for Intoll

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) moves to buy Sydney-based infrastructure group Intoll. CPPIB bid provides three options for Intoll shareholders including a cash offer equivalent of $1.53 per Intoll stapled security. The offer represents ...

CFSGAM aims for top quartile UN PRI performance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM), the largest fund manager in the country, mounts an ambitious strategy to rank as a top quartile fund based on performance when measured against the key principles set in the UN PRI. At a briefing ...

Omega wins Medibank and Telstra Super mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
Specialist fixed income manager Omega Global Investors has won a $50 million mandate from Medibank and a second from Telstra Super for an undisclosed sum. The $50 million from Medibank will be invested in a global bonds mandate. Medibank treasurer ...

Mercer wins Media Super mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
The $2.5 billion Media Super has selected Mercer as its outsourced administration and member services provider. Mercer has been awarded a five-year contract, with transition to be completed in early 2011. Media Super, which has over 120,000 members ...

Delays for Military Super merger

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
The merger of the Military Super board, the Defence Force Retirement & Benefits Scheme Authority, and the ARIA Board will have to wait as the Senate did not get a chance to vote on the bill prior to the recess. Military Super noted in a web update that ...

Back to basics key to planners successs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
Planners who prioritise the basics of running a good business, including monthly reviews and applying staff KPIs, have a higher chance of being successful compared with their peers, according to Macquarie. Research from Macquarie Practice Consulting's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
The Australian share market was lower at noon ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rates decision at 1430 AEST. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 44.1 points, or one per cent, at 4,385.6 points at 1200 AEST, while the broader All ...

Cosgrove and McCullagh nominated to CSC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
General Peter Cosgrove and former Military Super chief executive John McCullagh have been nominated as member representative directors for the Government's proposed Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation. Both Cosgrove and McCullagh were nominated ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Europhobe. Dictionary.com defines this as "a person who dislikes Europe, its culture, and Europeans," to which we may now add, the euro. Yes Virginia, it seems most of us are turning Europhobes now. Greece gave euros a bad smell and now financial markets ...

BlackRock portfolio managers resign

S&P RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
Andrew Jackson, head of scientific active equity investments at BlackRock Investment Management, and colleague David Walsh, head of portfolio management active equity, have resigned from the group. Jackson will see out his three-month notice with the ...