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Investor knowledge fuels SMSF growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... up SMSFs," said Slattery. Slattery, along with industry figures Senator Nick Sherry, minister of superannuation and corporate law, Shadow Minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law Chris Pearce, and Michael D'Ascenzo commissioner ...

UK coalition pushes responsible investment cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... to sign the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (UN PRI) which commits firms to engage with firms on corporate governance and environmental and social concerns. In addition, the group said a collective reporting body should be set up ...

Sun Hung Kai targets distressed financial firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... particularly with many global financial firms still facing significant writedowns and credit losses...and declining corporate earnings," he said. "However, there are some golden opportunities in this sector and we believe that a prudent long term investment ...

Aus FMs avoid Satyam scandal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... responsibility of fund managers to identify potential risks in individual stocks and while they cannot be expected to avoid all corporate collapses, a well-diversified portfolio in any market can help to reduce risk for investors," he said. "In Fiducian's ...

Mercer ups ante in corporate super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... 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 Super Trust enjoyed a high 59 per cent increase in inflows to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... 13,255.51. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market rose on Friday as offshore markets recovered but the flow of local corporate news remained light. The benchmark NZSX-50 closed up 9.33 points, or 0.34 per cent, at 2752.16.

BGI appoints CIO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... billion in funds under management as at 30 September 2008. BGI's clients include individual investors, government and corporate superannuation funds, financial institutions, foundations, endowments and unions.

Snowball buys FP and super businesses

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
Snowball has bought Brisbane based financial planning business Money Mentors and an Adelaide based corporate superannuation business adding approximately $180 million in funds under advice (FUA) to the group. Money Mentors will operate under the group's ...

NAB Super hands investments to JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
The $3.1 billion corporate super fund NAB Group Super is starting 2009 with a fresh take on investments by completely outsourcing their investment management to JANA Investment Advisors. In a January newsletter to the corporate fund's members, NAB Super ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... - US stocks closed narrowly mixed on Tuesday as investors worried about the weak global economy, a poor start to the corporate earnings season and the health of ailing banking giant Citigroup. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 32.73 points, or 0.39 ...