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J.P. Morgan teams up with Linear AM

COMPANY RELEASE | TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009

J.P. Morgan and Linear Asset Management have developed a new SMA that has a built-in and adjustable capital protection feature against volatile markets. Linear AM has launched the Linear Continuously Protected SMA, with the underlying synthetic portfolio ...

Insurance needs more disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS | FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009

The insurance industry can help address underinsurance by moving faster towards simplified disclosure, with fees and commissions displayed prominently in Product Disclosure Statements (PDS). Financial Standard asked some of the country's leading insurers ...

VFMC ex-chief to chair MCFS

COMPANY RELEASE | FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009

Sydney Bone, the former chief executive of $30 billion VFMC, has re-emerged as chairman of the Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies (MCFS). Bone was until recently chief executive of the Victorian Funds Management Corporation which manages the state's ...

Go online, get results

RUTH LIEW | FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009

With 13 million online users in Australia and $24 billion spent on the web last year, it's time to make online technology the heart of your super campaign, says a marketing expert. Mike Hill, director of Holler and speaker at yesterday's Rainmaker Marketing ...

Up and over in the land downunder

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009

V for victory against the GFC. V for the V-shaped rebound in the Australian economy. V for 'very wrong' to those who continued to stick to their recession calls up to the very end. In case you missed it, the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday ...

Platinum holds steady in upswing

MICHAEL HOBBS | WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009

Platinum International fund, the largest global equities fund in Australia with more than $7.6 billion in FUM, ranks as one of the top three performers in global equities in the year to April, but Platinum chief investment officer Kerr Neilson, still ...

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 ...

NZ govt to suspend NZ Super contribs

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009

The New Zealand government's plans to stop contributions to NZ Super for at least a decade could place the super fund under greater financial pressure in the future, according to one global asset consultant. Martin Lewington, New Zealand business leader ...

Stocks and bonds agree on recovery

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009

Similar economic news, opposite Wall Street reaction. Are equity investors still decoding the economic tea leaves or just marching to the beat of their own drum? For how could Wall Street have exactly opposite reactions to almost similar indications ...

TOWER profit down, life business up

COMPANY RELEASE | THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009

TOWER Australia posted a 12 per cent fall in net profit after tax to just over $27 million in the firm's first half results, while new individual life sales continue to increase. Despite the fall in net profit after tax, TOWER Australia's underlying ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:01PM

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI | 11:30AM

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:13PM

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 11:50AM

Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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