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QSuper appoints three GMs

QSuper, one of the largest super funds in the country with 470,000 members, has bulked up its management team after the appointment of three general managers. The three appointees were Maria Dalton as general manager of risk and compliance, Michael ...

Corp super applies ESG screen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
The Goldman Sachs JBWere (GSJBW) Staff Superannuation Fund has become the first Australian corporate super fund to sign the United Nation Principles for Responsible Investment. The decision means the fund will use environmental, social and corporate ...

Frontier finds gold in sub-prime muck

Frontier Investment, an asset consultant that advises on $90 billion of super fund assets, sees the next six to 12 months as a "window of buying opportunity" of quality stocks unfairly tainted by the sub-prime crisis. Speaking as a panelist at today's ...

AFS tailors record profits

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) has announced they will end the year breaking all previous records. The results, as measured by the group's key performance indicators (KPIs), saw a 103 per cent increase in income, 49 per cent rise in profitability ...

AMP launches new planner academy

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
AMP Financial Planning has launched two new recruitment, education and placement programs, based at their new Financial Planning Academy in St Leonards, Sydney. The two programs, dubbed Horizons and Planner Pathway, are designed to take prospective ...

Finsia appoints new CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) has appointed Martin Fahy to chief executive, replacing interim chief executive Stephen Harrison. Harrison was appointed interim chief executive in July after Brian Salter has stepped down from ...

The long and the short of JANA

Lonsec has upgraded its "investment grade" rating on JANA's long/short funds to "recommended" due to the group's well-resourced and highly experienced research team led by long-time JANA executive John Coombe and new head of Australian equities Aidan ...

APRA appoints new head of research

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has appointed Dr Katrina Ellis its new head of research. Dr Ellis replaces former head of research Dr Neil Esho, who was seconded to the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision in Switzerland. He ...

Call for papers

The Financial Standard is calling papers for the upcoming editions of the Journal of Financial Planning and the Journal of Investment Strategy. The Journal of Financial Planning publishes papers on the topics of applied financial planning, consumer ...

Four international funds added to Zenith recommended list

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
As part of its International Shares Sector Review, Zenith has added four funds to its recommended list from managers Schroders, Platinum and Acadian. The review named 29 recommended funds, including the four new additions of the Schroders Global Active ...