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Global economy usurps local risks

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
The global economy is more autonomous than at any time in our history, according to AXA's chief investment officer, Mark Dutton, and therefore risks cannot be looked at as sector-specific or in isolation. Dutton said that whereas historically the world ...

More data leakage and spam in 2007

US-listed messaging security group, Tumbleweed Communications, which counts Bank of America Securities and JP Morgan Chase & Co as clients, warned that data leakage and spam are among the key IT security threats this year. "The spam problem will continue ...

Size pushes IXIS to close global credit fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2006
IXIS Asset Management is closing its Loomis Sayles Credit Opportunities Fund, just a year after launching the fund in Australia, after it broke through $750 million in assets. Karyn West, IXIS managing director, said the way the fund operates switching ...

Noonan replaces Wason on CBUS board

CBUS director George Wason has been replaced on the fund board by fellow Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) official Dave Noonan, following an election held last week. The decision came amid reports in the Canberra Times of a Federal ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
In a parting note the Reserve Bank of Australia governor, Ian Macfarlane, agreed with financial market forecasts that it was likely that there would be another interest rate hike in either November or December with the economy running at full capacity ...

Sporting sponsorships do not breach sole purpose: Freehills

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2006
Super funds sponsoring sporting teams is more a question about how trustees manage their fund rather than being about the sole purpose test. Peggy Haines, partner with leading legal firm Freehills, speaking at the annual Fund Executives Association ...

Legacy product solution on its way

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
The issue of product rationalization is "firmly on the government's radar" and a policy will be finalized before the end of the year, according to a Treasury delegate, who addressed attendees at the IFSA annual conference last Friday. Manager for the ...

Tollhurst Noall signs up for managed accounts

Independent stockbroker Tolhurst Noall has launched its Managed Portfolio Service, underpinned by the separate managed accounts (SMA) platform provided by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM). The Managed Portfolio Service offers eight managed portfolio ...

FuturePlus trustee gets RSE

FuturePlus Super's trustee, Chifley Financial Services, has been granted its Registrable Superannuation Entity license by APRA, ahead of the June 2006 licensing deadline. Chair of Chifley, Bernie Riordan, said the licensing process gave FuturePlus members ...

Gates wide open for fee-for-service: MLC

In a bold move to answer the clarion call for a more transparent and flexible adviser fee structure, the largest platform provider in the country, National/MLC, has launched a 'fee for service' version of its flagship MasterKey product. This month ...