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MTAA Super appoints new chairman

The Motor Trades Association of Australia Superannuation Fund (MTAA Super) has appointed a leading public servant, Dr. Allan Hawke, as independent director and chairman of the fund's Trustee Board. Dr. Hawke is the current Chancellor of the Australian ...

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 ...

More global, more professional: FPSB

The Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB), the umbrella body that offers Certified Financial Planners (CFP) certification, is undergoing a major system overhaul that will benefit CFP-accredited financial planners by making their accreditation recognised ...

Party like it's 1999: Allianz Global

The predicted slowdown of global economic growth will focus attention back towards stocks which have been out of favour since the 1999 stockmarket bubble, according to RCM (UK), the Allianz Global Investors-owned equities specialist. Lucy MacDonald ...

Whose side are you on, asks ASIC

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman, Jeff Lucy, said planners must always act in the best interest of their clients if they want the general public to view the industry as a legitimate profession. In his keynote address ...

Active extension moves into Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
Investors looking to boost alpha while still constraining risk are looking to active extension investing. Active extension investing is when a portfolio manager operates their fund according to a fixed ratio of long versus short investing and where ...

Asia-Pacific buyouts build a head full of steam: Fitch

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
Following on the coat tails of a worldwide trend, leveraged buyout activity in the Asia-Pacific region is rising rapidly, according to Fitch Ratings. Fitch noted that compared to the leveraged buyout plays in the US and Europe the Asia-Pacific is still ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected open softer on some weaker metals prices and a sluggish offshore lead with takeover activity continuing to dominate investors' focus. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0646 AEDT, the December share price index ...

Super funds write off Cross City Motorway stakes

Super funds State Super and the Australian Reward Investment Alliance (ARIA) have written down their investments in the Cross City Motorway and assured fund members that potential losses will not have a material impact on their funds' total returns. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected open slightly higher as stronger metals prices overnight helped offset a weaker Wall Street lead. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0735 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up six points at 5,301. ...