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Instos win $5.5m in sustainable grants

MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009

Colonial First State Global Asset Management, AMP Capital Investors and ING Management received more than $5.5 million worth of government grants to make the firms' invested properties more sustainable. The grants were awarded last week as part of the ...

AFA conference to focus on leadership

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) highlights the importance of strong leadership skills at this year's conference, with keynote speakers including Darren Flanagan, the man behind the Beaconsfield mine rescue and Peter Baines, who helped lead ...

Legg Mason shuts down defensive trust

RUTH LIEW | WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009

Legg Mason has closed its wholesale defensive trust, citing its FUM of less than $10 million made it impractical to continue offering the product. According to a May update of the fund, which has $9.5 million in funds under management, the fund manager ...

Raise SG to 15 pc: report

MICHAEL HOBBS | TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009

A survey found that seven out of 10 working Australians believe that their Superannuation Guarantee (SG) contributions should be raised to 15 per cent, lending support to industry associations that have long lobbied for higher SG. Mercer's SG Opinion ...

Dark liquidity on UBS tap

COMPANY RELEASE | TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009

UBS Securities Australia has unveilled a new non-displayed internal crossing pool accessible to all Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) stocks as part of the UBS Price Improvement Network (UBS PIN). UBS PIN now provides clients with access to off-exchange ...

CMC continues broking push

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009

CFD provider CMC Markets ploughs more resources into its stockbroking arm as ongoing consolidation and tighter capital adequacy rules imposed on smaller brokers open up more opportunities in the sector. Traditionally catering for Contracts for Difference ...

Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009

Just as leading Unions have stepped up their battle against lifting the retirement age, the government has been forced to dismiss their claims for special rules for manual workers labelling them unfair. The Australian newspaper today reported that the ...

Mixed reaction on shorting ban lift

RUTH LIEW | MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009

From applause to criticism, industry reactions have been mixed towards ASIC's announcement today that it had lifted the ban on covered short selling of financial securities. ASIC today lifted the ban which was first put in place on 21 September last ...

India markets up 18pc on election

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009

Indian funds could receive renewed investor interest after the country's equity markets rose around 18 per cent following the latest election results. India's democratic elections, which includes more than 700 million voters across 26 states, resulted ...

Regulators call for better OTC derivatives processing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS | FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009

APRA, ASIC and the RBA have released a report that identifies where major fund managers and super funds can improve in terms of how they manage OTC derivatives in the wake of the credit crisis. This month the regulators and the RBA released the findings ...

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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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