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AUI appoints general manager retail

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... would fit in with the AUI culture and have the energy and skills to take the retail business to its next stage of development. "We spoke to a number of very good candidates, a reflection of the quality of people working in the industry, but Adam was ...

INGIM welcomes new tech and operations chief

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
ING Investment Management has appointed a new chief of operations and technology officer. David Hampton joins INGIM as chief operations and technology officer, replacing Michael Maroney who retired in March. Hampton brings 20 years industry experience ...

ING PEAL backs second Quadrant fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... in the Quadrant Private Equity No. 2 fund is aimed at giving retail investors exposure to the mid-market buyout and development capital space. "A lot of recent attention has been on large, high profile deals involving companies such as Qantas, Myer ...

Starved infrastructure will bite into growth

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... their invoices remained unpaid for months on end. But according to independent think tank, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), Australia still has a major challenge in encouraging business innovation and boosting infrastructure ...

Can the cash-fest save our competitiveness?

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
... 2009 our global competitiveness ranking is likely to continue to be cut-down. According to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), the country's leading independent think tank, Australia's economic infrastructure in particular is ...

State Street rebrands ETFs

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has re-branded its listed streetTRACKS series of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) under the new global State Street ETF brand SPDRs. The re-branding is part of a global State Street roll-out that comes on the back of ...

Super choice Budget boost

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... fund members deposited last financial year, a policy hardly likely to hit the Budget too hard. But the major industry development is the establishment of the Education Endowment Fund (EEF) which puts $5 billion into the investment markets through the ...

AIG builds dream team

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... appointments that give it almost dream team status. Following on from their recruitment of Damien Green, ex business development leader at AustralianSuper, to head their group risk business play, AIG has just announced three more heavy weight appointments ...

Funeral funds a picture of health

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... effective way is a funeral bond via a funeral director or financial planner," Lifeplan general manager - strategic development, Matt Walsh, said. Individuals can invest up to $5,000 in a Lifeplan Funeral Bond, exempt from personal income tax and capital ...

IFM bolsters infrastructure team

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... execution and management of infrastructure investments. His work at BHP Billiton involved industrial research and development, oil and gas exploration, field development engineering and planning, and strategy development and execution.