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Former FTSE director moves to Vanguard

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... Andrews established the Asia Pacific office as Asia Pacific Director for StarMine Corporation, a US Headquartered equity research analytics firm and worked as a senior manager at Nextera. She began her career in institutional sales, research and broker ...

Zenith maintains EQT rating after sudden loss of manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
Zenith has retained its ratings on Equity Trustees (EQT) wholesale mortgage income fund following the sudden loss of its portfolio manager John Terlikar. The researcher said today that it does not anticipate any short term impact to the fund and has ...

Credit unions mount 'social' battle against banks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... Mutuals backs the public cry for an independent inquiry into the country's banking system. According to polling by D&M research of 1,000 Australian voters, two out of three respondents want an independent review of the system. "Australians are angry ...

MFS appoints head of platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... Sydney, Cartwright will focus on platform development and sales in Australia and N8ew Zealand in addition to liaising with research houses. His appointment follows the asset manager's decision to bring distribution of its Australian and New Zealand business ...

CalPERS cry foul play, backs lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... public and defrauding investors." Among the pension funds that lost money when it relied on the agency's ratings and research was CalPERS, which said it fell victim to S&P's wrongdoing. "A recovery from S&P will benefit the millions of public employees ...

Van Eyk warns against New Year financial predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
Van Eyk head of Strategic Research Jonathan Ramsay warned financial advisers and investors against New Year financial predictions and asked them to "think carefully before acting on the latest round of New Year predictions for economies and markets." ...

Quality of Spain and Poland belies credit rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... Spain look a better bet than the US and UK for institutional investors' sovereign debt portfolios, according to a new research report from AXA Investment Management. The investment house has developed a new framework for analysing countries according ...

Oil price spike won't spoil Aussie equity party

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... some investors worry about the sustainability of the global economy, Perpetual Investment's head of investment market research, Matt Sherwood, says Australian businesses should be more insulated. Rainmaker chief economist Benjamin Ong this morning raised ...

New centre to lead advocacy for super fund members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... is intended to become an independent voice for consumers in the superannuation industry and will also focus on policy research and analysis from a consumers' point of view. She said that the centre will potentially benefit everyone. According to a study ...

AIST appoints CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... January. On Friday the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) said its executive manager of policy and research Tom Garcia would take the role. "Tom has played a pivotal role in driving AIST's advocacy on the superannuation reforms, governance ...