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Qantas Super slows funding plan

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... slowed". The fund announced last month that the plan's financial position has "improved more quickly than was expected", as equities markets recovered in the earlier months of the year. However, Qantas Super's actuary cautions the trustee to continue ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... growth plus higher inflation equals stagflation. We're in trouble now! It is but natural that those leveraged to growth - equities and commodities - are now taking the brunt of this fear. But are these fears worthy of the sell-off we've seen over the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases national accounts figures, including gross domestic product for the March quarter. In equities news, Rusina Mining NL holds a shareholder meeting on its proposed merger with European Nickel PLC. James Hardie Industries ...

BNP Paribas merger with Fortis complete

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... multi-specialist investment platform has been strengthened locally with new capabilities from Fortis Investments, such as Australian Equities and Global Real Estate. "In turn, these products will benefit from having access to BNP Paribas' extensive distribution ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... Industry Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers release their joint Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index for May. In equities news, distribution company Metcash Ltd releases full year results. Sensis chief executive Bruce Akhurst is scheduled to address ...

Aviva Investors mines Asia for mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... mandate represented approximately 18 per cent of the asset manager's revenue. However, he is hopeful of picking up an equities mandate from MLC soon. "There's been some good dialogue with MLC about our equities capability," he said.

Fixed income gains pace among SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... maintaining their increase in share allocations at the end of March. SMSF trustees boosted their asset allocation to equities from 32 per cent at the end of December 2008 to 42 per cent at the end of last year. "Part of this increase is no doubt attributable ...

Dimensional wins $45m Aussie eq mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Dimensional has won a $45 million Australian equities mandate from private health insurer Medibank Private. With over $170 billion in assets under management worldwide and around $20 billion locally, Dimensional will manage the mandate, which targets ...

Schroder appoints specialist to quant team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... investment specialist to its global quantitative equity team. The appointment takes the size of Schroders' quantitative equities team worldwide to 19. Based in Sydney, Simoncini will have overall client responsibility across QEP products for Australian-based ...

Investec eyes SMSF market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... globally for the financial year to March. Investec reported record net inflows of $8.6 billion for the period across global equities, commodities and fixed-income strategies. Samuelson said the firm has developed strong relationships with big platform ...