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Cbus CEO wins UN PRI board seat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
Cbus chief executive David Atkin has become the first Australian to be appointed to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) board. Atkin said he plans to represent Australian superannuation fund signatories on the board. Australia ...

Suncorp names CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
Suncorp has appointed a former top executive at Aviva plc, Patrick Snowball, as its new chief executive, five months after John Mulcahy stepped down from the role. Prior to joining the firm, Snowball worked at Aviva plc for seven years, holding a number ...

Blackstone closes real estate fund

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
While many real estate trusts struggle to find investments, Blackstone Group has closed its latest real estate fund which was oversubscribed by 20 per cent. The Blackstone Group has announced the final closing of its latest real estate fund, Blackstone ...

Dixon action on Premium gains momentum

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
Alan Dixon, Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services chief executive, said the firm's call to change how Premium Investors operates has the support of many of the listed investment company's shareholders. The financial planning firm requested a general ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after significant falls on Wall Street and in Europe as profit-taking hit commodity-based stocks. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 58 points lower ...

HNWs to buy Aus equities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
Australian High Net Worth (HNW) investors, or those with more than $1 million of investable assets, are more likely to put fresh funds into Australian equities and cash-like investments over the next 12 months than in any other asset classes, a survey ...

Changing the face of super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
Market your super fund as a financial security company and you'll engage the most materialistic group of people in history - Generation Y, said an industry expert. Scott Pape, author and founder of The Barefoot Investor and a speaker at today's Rainmaker ...

AXA names top adviser

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
Newcastle based financial planner, Paul Howden, has won AXA's national annual adviser award, the Gerald Lippman Perpetual Trophy. Howden joined AXA 16 years ago as a paraplanner in Newcastle before becoming a salaried financial planner two years later. ...

Local Govt Super overhauls intl eq, Aus equities next

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
Local Government Super (LGS) has changed the manager line up of its $990 million international equities portfolio to suit a "core and satellite" approach, and it plans to do the same with its $1 billion Australian equities portfolio next. Peter Lambert ...

Ipac buying spree continues

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
Ipac Securities is eyeing the Cairns, Canberra, Gold Coast and South Australian markets for their next acquisitions as the dealer group focuses on buying financial planning businesses specialising in retirees. Ipac Securities, which has $2.1 billion ...