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Median Australian shares fund down: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... Oliver Trusler, investment specialist equities for Schroders, said also differentiates itself from other funds due to its diversity with around 70 sotcks in the funds while concentrated strategies are closer to 30 stocks. "The results have come from ...

DKN champions fee for service, unveils "land grab" strategy

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... of quality and scale, it said that it is on the lookout for strategic transactions to increase its profit, scale and diversity of offer. DKN said that scale in funds under administration had risen by 6.3 per cent since the end of June to $7.9 billion ...

AFA promotes female advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is addressing gender diversity in financial planning by launching an award dedicated to outstanding female financial advisers. The first AFA Female Adviser of the Year will be awarded at the 2011 conference ...

Board diversity gives greater results

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
Board gender diversity correlates with better results, according to ACSI research. Additionally, superannuation investors regard the low level of female board participation as an investment issue. US Fortune 500 Company boards report nearly twice the ...

Global instos see Aus deficit a "non-issue"

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... corporates presented a number of investment opportunities with the increased tenor of recent issuance and a greater diversity of issuers both positive signs for the market.

Antin raises $1.5bn

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... investors early on, which paved the road for the success of our placement," said Rauscher in a statement. The firm's team diversity, quality of current investments and a Eurozone focus, coupled with independent governance, played major roles in the fund ...

CERTITUDE appoints head of distrib

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... will be running this new distribution focus across all segments for both Australia and New Zealand, giving us strong diversity while also introducing our new diverse product." Ortiz has previous experience with RIM Securities as head of intermediary ...

Westpac gives employees 12 months super pay

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... their parental leave. "This initiative is another step Westpac has taken to create a work environment where we support diversity, in this case particularly for our women employees," said Gail Kelly, chief executive of Westpac. Kelly said making these ...

Civic joins Financial Index Australia

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... succession plans and they've [Civic] had a number of approaches - but they found us to be the best fit. "Because of their diversity of ownership, retirement objectives and time horizons can be quite divergent and the question of how the business is to ...

LUCRF Super appoints global eq managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... of Alliance Bernstein's Global Style Blend product. This change has intentionally increased the style and management diversity of the asset class. LUCRF appointed UBS as its transition manager and the transition process is now complete. These changes ...