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TC Growers closer to buying Timbercorp assets

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
First Super-backed TC Growers is a step closer to acquiring the failed Timbercorp's forestry assets. According to a media statement released by the consortium, which counts the $1.5 billion timber industry fund First Super and an unnamed international ...

YMCA fund introduces fixed interest

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
The Australian YMCA Superannuation Fund has unveiled a new fixed income strategy for members, after having only a growth strategy as its default option. A newsletter from the fund noted that the fund started offering a second strategy, "Fixed Interest" ...

SocGen exec quits after insider trading probe

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale's long-standing executive committee member Jean-Pierre Mustier has resigned following a French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) probe into insider trading. Mustier, who had been at the firm for 22 years, agreed he would ...

Leverage key to recovery: UBS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
The days of gearing to the hilt may now seem a distant memory - but planners and investors may soon have to gear up again, albeit in moderation, said an industry expert. A recovery of mid to high double digit returns can only be achieved through a return ...

Managed accounts firm ramps up ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
Dalton Nicol Reid, a specialist active portfolio manager of managed accounts, has signed up to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) - proving that stricter governance can be applied through MAs. For example, DNR axed Cabcharge ...

Planning firms on buying spree

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
While some financial planning firms hunker down for the GFC to pass, many opportunistic mid-weight planning companies are increasing their borrowing activities to buy their smaller rivals, according to a Macquarie Bank expert. Jamie Melville, national ...

More reform through reviews: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
Industry associations and financial services firms should not view the upcoming Henry and Cooper reviews with trepidation but rather as opportunities to improve the current system, said Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and ...

Ripoll Inquiry must build on FSR progress: AFA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
Investigating the collapses of Storm and Opes Prime could help improve Australia's financial advice system - but any radical changes to current FSR arrangements could chime the death knell of good financial advice, warns a key industry association. ...

How planners can cope with redundancy

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
Dealer group Financial Services Partners (FSP) partners with work/balance author Andrew May to publish a book that attempts to help planners cope with redundancy. The book comes at a time when planning firms are forced to make staff redundant as their ...

TWUSUPER ramps up fund features

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
A mid-sized Australian superannuation fund has revamped its investment switching, investment options and crediting rates arrangements to provide members with more choice and efficiency. TWUSUPER, which had $1.85 billion in funds under management at ...