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Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Like the mythical king Sisyphus, fiscal and monetary authorities continue to push a huge boulder up a hill only to watch it roll back down. But while Sisyphus rolled the same rock over and over, the global boulder authorities are trying to push over ...

Perpetual mortgage funds reopen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... seven affected funds, although they are processing withdrawals on a quarterly basis from the available proceeds from the fund. ING investors with pension accounts linked to the ING Mortgage and Income Plus Funds on ING OneAnswer, ING Allocated Annuities ...

Westscheme heeds APRA comments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... APRA told trustees that members choosing the option assume their funds are invested in cash, not 'enhanced cash' instruments. ING Investment Management previously managed the Westscheme Cash Option but the fund decided to switch to Colonial First State ...

ASIC adjusts redemption rules to help pensioners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... came less than a month after the country's major fund managers, including Colonial First State, Challenger, Perpetual and ING locked up more than $20 billion in capital after they suspended redemptions on their mortgage and income funds. According to ...

Top guns tackle industry challenges

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... Investment Management (national savings), Shan Kwee from Vanguard Investments Australia (Global Markets) and Sophie Riordan from ING Australia (Financial Advice). Knapp received an expenses paid study tour to New York, to share ideas with Deloitte global ...

PowerSuper launches warrant product

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... trustees have more options to purchase property after PowerSuper launched its warrant loan product. The product uses funding from ING DIRECT and is structured to ensure the SMSF trustee has complete control of the investment. SMSF trustees don't have ...

CFS, ING and APN freeze access to $6bn in capital

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
Colonial First State, ING and APN Funds Management have joined the ranks of the country's leading mortgage funds that have suspended redemptions in the wake of the Government's guarantee on banking deposits, locking up more than $6 billion of investor ...

Three funds top Lonsec Ratings

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... managers were the norm. This trend has flowed through to 2008, with investment personnel waving goodbye to their positions at ING, AMP, Deutsche/Aberdeen, Colonial First State, Challenger and Goldman Sachs JBWere. "Staff turnover is less prevalent in ...

ING offloads Taiwan life insurance for $850m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
ING sold its Taiwanese life insurance business to Fubon Financial Holding for a consideration equivalent to $850 million. The Dutch financial institutions will be paid in shares and subordinated debt securitie of Fubon Financial Holding. As a result ...

AFA nominates 2008 Rising Star

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... will be judged in four key areas: provision of advice, business acumen, community service and industry service. Mark Vilo, ING Australia head of dealer groups, said that the award is about promoting best practice. "These awards provide an opportunity ...