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Lutheran Super appoints CPG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
Lutheran Super has hired CPG Research & Advisory as the fund's asset consultant. The deal was signed last month after the super fund hired the asset consultant for two separate projects. "We did a project across a few individual funds and some managers ...

Clarion call for bargain global property

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
Global listed property securities have fallen too far with the US presenting some solid investment opportunities, according to ING Clarion Real Estate Securities. Chris Reich, director and portfolio manager at ING Clarion, said real estate investment ...

PIS awards top risk adviser

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
Professional Investment Services (PIS) Gold Coast based insurance adviser, Jason Churchill, has won the dealer group's best risk specialist award for the third time. Churchill has been an authorised representative at PIS since 2002. He heads up the ...

Life insurers post 18 pc plus growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
CommInsure, Aviva and AIG Life recorded 18 per cent or more growth in total risk premium inflows during 2008, around six per cent higher than the market average, according to Plan for Life. The latest report found AIG Life experienced the highest annual ...

AIG Life adds to group team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
AIG Life appointed Craig Extrem as national manager, client markets - group insurance. He joins AIG Life from TOWER Australia where he worked as head of sales - group risk since April 2006. Extrem also worked at Prefsure, Lumley Life and Colonial in ...

OneAnswer FUM fall 20 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
ING Australia's flagship OneAnswer platform funds under management (FUM) fell by 20 per cent or around $3.7 billion to $14.2 billion over a six month period to March, according to ANZ's half year profit report. ING Australia posted a $47 million half-year ...

Mercer adds boutique, adds staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
Mercer is building five research boutiques within the firm's investment consulting business and adding more staff to compete with specialist single asset class research firms. Mercer's boutique divisions cover fixed income, equities, bonds, real estate ...

Bond funds top UK platform flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
Half the transactions through one of the largest platforms in the UK, Cofunds, flowed into corporate bond funds during this year's first quarter, according to the firm's latest report. According to the latest platform flows report from Cofunds, more ...

Smaller funds lack risk reserves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
A Mercer survey has revealed smaller super funds are less likely to have appropriate levels of operational risk reserves than larger funds, a survey found. An operational risk reserve is created by the super fund to provide immediate access to funds ...

Govt drafts new credit regime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
The government has released a draft bill to develop a national credit licensing regime. The bill will create the Australian Credit License (ACL) which will come into effect from the beginning of next year. ACL holders must meet a set of minimum standards ...