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Top insurers join with IFF to help with mental health

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
The job of a super fund trustee is to help boost retirement savings and one way to do this is do help members live long enough to spend it, which is why the Industry Funds Forum (IFF) mental health campaign is so important. If it helps the bottom-line ...

FEAL appoints three new directors

The Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL) has appointed three new directors to the board following its Annual General Meeting (AGM) last week. The new directors are Damian Hill, chief executive of REST Super, Colin McGuinness, chief executive of NGS ...

Analyse bonds differently to equities: Loomis Sayles

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2006
Bond markets behave differently to equity markets and investors trained around equities need to adjust their thinking when investing in income securities. Brett Wander, director of alpha strategies for Loomis Sayles, said, "It is commonplace to find ...

T.Rowe Price wins Chinese govt fund mandate

T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services has won a US equity mandate from the National Council for Social Security Fund (SSF) of China, one of only 10 non-Chinese investment managers selected by the US$25 billion-plus pension fund. The SSF, similar ...

Avoid excessive hedging: EQT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
While debates continue about what level of hedging is best, the point is that as investors push more money overseas due to local capacity constraints hedging strategies will become central, particularly as we increasingly distinguish between what drives ...

Three promotions fill key roles at Aviva

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2006
Aviva Australia has announced three senior appointments in product, marketing and public relations. Tim Cobb moves from his position as general manager products into the role of general manager marketing and public relations. Natalie Eckersall is stepping ...

Compare the pair: Weaven vs Lambert

Journalist and moderator Bob Gottliebsen called it "the main event" of this year's Financial Planning Association (FPA) conference and the attendees weren't disappointed as Industry Fund Services (IFS) chair, Garry Weaven, and Count Financial chair ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2006
The meeting of G20 members in Melbourne has raised the perception that continued rising global interest rates may help abate world inflationary pressures being brought about by the increasing industrialisation of many developing economies. The IMF has ...

Irish future fund puts faith in passive investing

The National Pensions Reserve Fund, Ireland's equivalent to Australia's Future Fund, has awarded a $5 billion ((a,-3 billion) passive equity mandate to Bank of Ireland Asset Management Limited (BIAM) and State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). BIAM will ...

Lonsec expands sales and marketing arm

Lonsec has hired two additional staff to its sales and marketing team. The group has announced that John Ryan, who previously worked at the Over Fifty Group, is its new national sales manager. Ryan boasts over 25 years experience in funds management ...