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China on shaky platform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... liabilities and low returns on foreign assets must be addressed to ensure economic stability. "China must readjust their development model and make improvements to her social security system in order to put the country's economic development on a more ...

SimCorp expands implementation team

... applications. Prior to joining SimCorp, she worked with Colonial First State Global Asset Management as senior manager systems development for three years and as senior program manager from April 2007. Chitra has also worked at BT Fund Management and ...

AWM hires three

Australian Wealth Management has appointed three new practice development managers to recruit and service new and existing advisers across its planning networks, which include Bridges Financial Services and Wealth Managers. The three managers are James ...

The secret to MTAA's success

... direct property. In 2006, the fund entered into a joint venture with Bio Innovation SA, a world class research and development entity and facility. Following the 'Two Portfolio Strategy', the fund's Balanced Option (default) has regularly been ranked ...

Charter Hall closes retail fund oversubscribed

... financial planning groups have signed up to the first retail offering of Charter Hall Group, a listed property funds and development company that started life managing wholesale capital only. The group's Umbrella fund raised a total of $187 million in ...

Retirement on hold for longer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... to re-visit the issue. His comments follow the release earlier this year of a report by the Committee for Economic Development (CEDA), which was authored by Mercer partner David Knox, which proposed raising our retirement age to 67 years. The report ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

... trail, it becomes very difficult thereafter to be absolutely certain where it is," said Ian Harris, head of product development at HSBC Securities Services in London, in a proxy voting report. Chad Spitler, associate director in corporate governance ...

Telstra Super signs Charles River for direct portfolio management

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... funds are evolving into investment managers should look at Telstra Super's deal to sign on with the Charles River Development portfolio management system. Established in 1990, Telstra Super has 90,000 members with more than $11.5 billion in assets providing ...

MGI launches Queen Street Partners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
The newly-formed Macquarie Global Investments (MGI) has appointed a Macquarie outsider to head its first venture, Queen Street Partners, an institutional boutique investment firm. The group has appointed Steven Vaughan, formerly the head of Melbourne ...

ANZ appoints ex-MLC as FP chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
... Capita Finance Group. His appointment follows the resignation of Mike Goodall in September, who left to pursue the development of the advisory firm Inpro. In May, ANZ Financial Planning launched havenoregrets.com.au to encourage more Australians to proactively ...