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ING boosts life payments

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
ING has increased life insurance benefits for employers and staff who have cover through their super, including a market-first rise in maximum TPD benefits and unlimited death benefits. The upgrade, to be introduced due to the new super changes on July ...

Credit Suisse puts twist on hedge indexing

Credit Suisse has launched a new indexed leveraged hedge fund, with a unique daily liquidity feature and exposure to multiple hedge fund strategies and managers. The Credit Suisse/Tremont Index Strategies Fund, which opened two weeks ago, provides retail ...

ATO launches SMSF info service

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
The BetterSuper inspired push for self-managed super funds (SMSF) has prompted the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to launch a regular newsletter service to alert trustees about upcoming management and legislation issues that will affect them. "We ...

Small caps equals big performance for Pengana

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
Pengana Capital's Global Small Companies Solution has recorded an 18.2 per cent annualised return and beaten its own equally weighted benchmark by 9.1 per cent over the last two years. Chief investment officer, Nick Griffiths, said the performance of ...

Sentry and Epic forge alliance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
Sentry Group and Epic Adviser Solutions will join forces from the beginning of July to operate under the Sentry Group Australia banner. Under an agreement signed between Sentry Group and Questus Capital Group, the parent of Epic, the two groups will ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
The Australian share market remained in the red at noon on mixed commodity prices and a negative lead from Wall Street. Energy stocks were among the few climbers after the price of crude oil jumped above the US$69.00 mark and gold miners rose on a strong ...

Skandia parts ways with Mercer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
Skandia has bowed to the inevitable and replaced Mercer Investment Consulting with in-house consultancy Intech as its portfolio construction adviser from next month, ending uncertainty over where the two companies sat within the business. Speculation ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
The Australian share market continued its climb upwards this morning after stronger base metals prices, and a rise on Wall Street last Friday, gave confidence to local investors. At 1015 AEST, the bluechip S&P/ASX200 Index gained 33.3 points to 6327.1 ...

Macq enters forex market

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
Macquarie has purchased 51 per cent of fast-growing online foreign exchange provider OzForex, allowing it to offer tailored foreign exchange services to its 670,000 retail customers. The purchase means OzForex will become the recommended supplier of ...

McCluskey moves to CommBank

Amanda McCluskey, formely manager in sustainability for Portfolio Partners in Melbourne, is moving back to Sydney to begin work in a new role at the Commonwealth Bank. McCluskey will start in her new role as general manager, sustainability from 9 July. ...