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CILSLB reappoints MLCIC

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... construction industry in Australia," said Ireland. MLC manages more than $102 billion on behalf of individual investors and corporate customers. The fund manager has over 100 institutional clients including superannuation funds, insurance companies ...

Qantas Super switches to monthly MIC

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... Superannuation fund is replacing its quarterly member investment choice (MIC) switching options to monthly. According to the corporate superannuation fund's latest newsletter, the trustee has approved the change, which was officially implemented on 30 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... at 11,231.96. The Dow recovered some ground after falling over 100 points in earlier trading, partly on worries that corporate earnings may disappoint. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite dropped 2.06 points, or 0.09 per cent, to 2,243.32 while the Standard ...

US pension fund to settle suit for $930m

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
The largest public pension fund in the US fires a warning shot against companies with lousy corporate governance when it demanded a company it invests in to re-write its CG policy and pay a $930 million cheque for wrongful share trading. The $244 billion ...

Intech rebrands

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
Intech Investments has undergone a rebranding exercise that incorporates new corporate colours under the Old Mutual banner. Intech - while retaining its name - will replace its previous purple corporate colour with green, to better align with the Old ...

FTSE100 pensions in the red

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... deficit last month due to the double whammy of stock market falls and high inflation. Rashpal Bhabra, Watson Wyatt head of corporate consulting, said falling share prices and rising inflation had come at a bad time for FTSE100 companies preparing half ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... Wednesday as US stocks fell on growing concerns about the toll that record oil prices are taking on the economy and corporate profits. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 166.75 points, or 1.46 per cent, to 11,215.51. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index ...

SAM green funds re-branded to Vanguard

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... SAM, which conducts annual sustainability assessments on companies globally. SAM scores companies in terms of their corporate sustainability - ranking stocks within industry sectors. Eric Smith, Vanguard's chief investment officer, said "These funds ...

Sovereign bonds bouncing back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... increase, registering it's highest first half volume since 2006, they said. The shift to sovereigns is at the expense of corporate debt issues which continue to languish following the sub-prime correction. Thomson Reuters said corporate debt issuance ...

ASX listing breaches hit 13pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... undermine confidence in the integrity of the market. "Disclosure of directors' transactions is primarily a matter of good corporate governance, and helps maintain an informed and orderly market," said Eric Mayne, chief supervision officer of ASX. "ASXMS ...