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AIST measures investment choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... suggestions from other industry participants in the past few months from Chris Corneil, managing director, Australia and New Zealand at Russell Investments and David Whiteley, executive manager at the Industry Super Network. Meanwhile, Reynolds said ...

Super funds to take the reins off bond managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... invest outside traditional benchmarks. Peter Dorrian, vice president and head of remarketing at PIMCO Australia and New Zealand, said signals from the Reserve Bank of Australia of rising interest rates means fixed income investment managers could add ...

Russell appoints Liddell as head of IC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... Liddell spent 10 years with Mercer Investment Consulting most recently as head of fund manager research for Australia / New Zealand. Liddell will be based at Russell's Sydney office and starts in September. Russell Investments has also expanded its senior ...

Active members can cause asset allocation headache

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... investing in equities." This comes after Chris Corneil, managing director at Russell Investment Group Australia and New Zealand, said financial literacy, while important, may cause a lot of problems for fund trustees if members start to act as chief ...

Retirees want funds that last a lifetime

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... Government-backed investments rather than the vagaries of the market." Chris Corneill, Russell's managing director (Australia and New Zealand), said there is a need for products that address longevity and market risk, especially with the rule of thumb ...

Bluedoor Technology on hiring spree

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... financial services experts to develop the business. Ian Mathieson, chief executive at DST Global Solutions Australia and New Zealand, said the firm is in talks with a number of super funds. "There would hardly be a notable super fund out there that we're ...

NZ Super takes mandates in-house

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is dropping investment mandates with ING and Smartshares and taking them in-house. The fund announced the changes to improve flexibility, cut costs and is part of the fund's focus on having direct participation in ...

Transition mandates to reach record highs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... clients that have pending activity in the next few months. In such a highly concentrated market as the Australian/New Zealand space, this is significant." Global equities funds are also facing a 'survival of the fittest' test. "The dispersion of manager ...

The liquidity trade-off

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... similar story on the retail product manufacturing side, said Mark Dutton, chief investment officer at AXA Australia and New Zealand. He said financial planners and product providers must forego one "key objective" to ensure other aspects of the portfolio ...

NZ govt to suspend NZ Super contribs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... Martin Lewington, New Zealand business leader at Mercer, said suspending contributions to the New Zealand Superannuation Fund could mean the government will be forced to contribute more at a later stage. "This may well lead to future governments needing ...