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Women like risk, men think too much

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2006
While behavioral finance helps explain the things that economics gets wrong, a greater understanding of investor behavior may help us develop investment products that better suit individuals. Tracey McNaughton, senior economist with BT Financial Group ...

US pension fund wealth bigger than individual wealth

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2006
US fiduciary wealth has surpassed individual wealth, presenting new opportunities for pension funds and other managed funds to leverage the weight of money to achieve corporate and social change. Speaking at the CMSF conference yesterday, William Greider ...

AIST and CMSF merger to strengthen trustee services

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2006
At its AGM held on the Gold Coast yesterday, AIST released a discussion paper canvassing a potential merger with CMSF and the long-term viability of super trustee organisations. Citing the reducing number of super funds as the primary catalyst for the ...

Fin literacy won't happen overnight, but it will happen: Clitheroe

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2006
Paul Clitheroe, chair of the Financial Literacy Task Force, believes improving financial literacy is a 20 year project. Being a long term project, he said, it starts in the home, should be taught in schools and, above all, needs to be demonstrated through ...

Future Fund appointee's business cops downgrades from Fitch

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2006
Fitch Ratings has downgraded all funds formerly under the watch of Future Fund board appointee Trevor Rowe's company N M Rothschild and Sons (Australia) (NMRA) following last week's announcement NMRA had offloaded that part of the business to Invesco ...

DeAM bolsters sales team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2006
Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has announced two key appointments to bolster its sales and distribution team. DeAM, the global asset management business of Deutsche Bank, has appointed Andrew Davies as head of retail alternative product distribution ...

HFA CEO to score $65.9 million in ASX listing

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
MFS Limited shareholders are to vote on a proposal to pay HFA chief executive officer Spencer Young approximately $65.9 million as part of the company's ASX listing. Young, the founder and chief executive officer of MFS subsidiary HFA, is the trustee ...

Fiducian grabs an RSE license

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
Fiducian Portfolio Services has picked up an RSE license from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Fiducian Superannuation (incorporating Fiducian Superannuation Service and Fiducian Corporate Superannuation Service) has also been ...

Finsuper jumps aboard the STA-ARF train

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
On 30 June Finsuper will merge with STA, which by then will have evolved into the massive STA-ARF merged entity. After the boards of both organisations completed due diligence, Finsuper decided the merger was the right move for its members. The merger ...

Perennial wins AUSfund mandate

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
Perennial Growth Management has been awarded an Australian equities mandate by AUSfund. David Hayne, chief executive of AUSfund, the eligible roll-over fund for industry super plans, said the appointment of Perennial Growth Management was an attempt ...