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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
Standard & Poor's was at it - slashing - again last night. After lopping off one A out of France's and Austria's AAA credit rating at the end of last week, it did the same for the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF). According to S&P: "We consider ...

Retail and insto teams combine to drive strategy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
Consolidation in the retail market is prompting Australian fund managers to rethink traditional distribution models, with some key players opting to merge their institutional and retail distribution arms. Aberdeen Asset Management was one of the first ...

Govt releases final issue of investment manager regime

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
Australia's $1.8 trillion funds management sector has received its third and final investment manager regime from the Government, designed to attract more foreign capital and help build Australia's reputation as a financial services centre. Under the ...

NTEU wants changes at UniSuper trustee company

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
The National Tertiary Education Union, the main union representing UniSuper fund members, has written to members outlining their response to concerns about the superannuation fund. In a statement issued yesterday, the NTEU said, "The Union will take ...

Chinalising Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
A brand new day, same nagging issues. The headlines may have changed but the underlying problem remains - the uncertainty that is the European sovereign debt problem. We were reminded of this again last night. Rising yields. Italian yields hit fresh ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
Australian stocks are down after a survey found consumer confidence dropped to its lowest level since August, despite two consecutive cash rate cuts by the central bank. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment fell by 8.3 per cent ...

AustralianSuper, AGEST reveal merger plans

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
AGEST Super has chosen AustralianSuper as a preferred merger partner with the merge to take place in 2012. As a result, AustralianSuper will have almost two million members, 160,000 employers and over $46 billion in funds under management. AGEST has ...

Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
To all those who have Christmas lunches - long liquid lunches - to go to today, go now pronto for developments in the financial markets last night was another one of those "ho-hum" moments. Not that you'll pick it from the headlines and stories doing ...

Perpetual changes distribution focus

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
Perpetual Limited is set to readjust its focus on the retail funds market, research and ratings houses through changes to its investment product distribution function in order to overcome past challenges in its distribution. Due to a company-wide review ...

New Count chief talks products

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
Newly-appointed chief executive of Count Financial, David Lane, is already planning new products and services for Count members with a keen eye on SMSF market access. Count Financial was officially acquired by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) ...