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Zenith rates US-based fund as 'highly recommended'

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... high net worth clients, family offices and endowment funds principally from the U.S. and Asia. "BIGP are specialists in the field of deep value real estate investing and while current conditions represent a watershed in aligning factors to create unprecedented ...

Russell Investments director to head UniSuper

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
UniSuper has appointed Kevin O'Sullivan as its new chief executive officer. O'Sullivan has more that 30 years' experience in the superannuation and actuarial fields, both in Australia and internationally. For the last 22 years he has been with Russell ...

First Super names CEO

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... First Super co-chair Allan Stewart. Fellow co-chair Michael O'Connor added: "His appointment comes from amongst a strong field of candidates who were interested in the position." First Super has 72,000 members in the timber, pulp and paper and furniture ...

ESG RA to award best stockbroking research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
Australian equities stockbrokers who have excelled in the field of ESG research will be acknowledged in an awards ceremony to be held in Sydney later this month. The fourth annual ESG Research Australia Awards Luncheon is being held on 27 March (Wednesday) ...

Advisers open to double allocation to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
An industry spot poll found that financial advisers are open to switching from a 70:30 split on their domestic versus global equities allocation to a 50:50 following a well-argued case on the merits of investing more offshore. Attended by more than ...

The happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... 500 joins the Dow above and over the top. It closed less than 1% of that last Friday. Assuming nothing comes out of left field to suddenly reverse market optimism, this week's the week. And why not? The latest US non-farm payrolls report provides a strong ...

Local appetite for hedge funds outstrips other markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... "high quality alternatives." He also praised the Australian institutional investor's "straight-talking approach" and "broad field of vision" which made these shores a "nice place to develop a client base." Scoby was in Australia last week meeting with ...

Online risk applications surpass paper-based: Asteron Life

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... message to financial advisers at their roadshow last week, urging more advisers to follow the consumer trend. Leading the field is Aaron Zelman, director at Lifescope Solutions and the founder of a very active LinkedIn network for tech-savvy advisers. ...

Credit unions mount 'social' battle against banks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... same banks make excessive profits. "Balance Banking means more competition in Australia's banking market, a level playing field for smaller players to take on the big four banks and ultimately more choice and better value for consumers." Abacus has taken ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a flat start on Wall Street ahead of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. At 0640 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up nine points at 4,4935. ...