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Northern Trust appoints investment risk head

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
Northern Trust ramps up its resources in Asia-Pacific when it appointed former Kapstream Capital executive Madhu Gayer as head of investment risk & analytical services (IRAS). Based in Hong Kong, Gayer will be responsible for IRAS client relations ...

US employees flee pension plans

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
Up to 60 per cent of US companies are seeing their employees postpone retirement plans and reduce pension plan participation. Dissaffected employees are also increasing hardship withdrawals, according to a new Towers Perrin survey. US employees are ...

Integrity wins $30m Aust eq mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
The $1 billion Legalsuper industry fund has terminated a $30 million Australian equities mandate with Challenger, said Legalsuper chief executive, Andrew Proebstl According to Proebstl, the $30 million mandate was terminated mid-March due to "disappointing" ...

New boutiques, more advisers for NAB

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
The recently combined wealth unit of National Australia Bank is on the hunt for new boutique fund managers and top quality advisers following last week's merger announcement of MLC, nab private wealth and nabInvest. Steve Tucker, the new head of the ...

SPAA reloads for 2009

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
This year the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) will get more involved in parliamentary inquiries, add more staff to provide a better service to members and change its advertising campaign. Speaking yesterday at ...

ASF appoints chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
The Australian Securitisation Forum (ASF) has appointed Mallesons Stephen Jaques managing partner, Stuart Fuller, as chair. Fuller replaces outgoing chair, Phil Vernon. The ASF represents more than 120 organisations including banks, non-bank mortgage ...

Market Wrap - Morning

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
The Australian share market received negative leads from Wall Street in the end, with all three key indices finishing in the red. Precious metals were down, but copper and oil were higher, crude jumping over six per cent. At 0814 AEDT on the Sydney ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market was marginally stronger at noon following gains in the financial sector. By 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 30 points, or 0.9 per cent, at 3,357.5 while the broader All Ordinaries index had gained 26.6 points ...

REST ramps up credit exposure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
Retail Employees Superannuation Trust (REST) extended the fund's credit exposure by investing $150 million in the Credit Suisse Syndicated Loan fund and $100 million Stone Tower's Offshore Credit fund in December. Damian Hill, REST chief executive ...

Malaysia tops shariah funds list

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
Malaysia may have overtaken Saudi Arabia to boast the highest number of shariah funds in the world - but the Asian Islamic country has a long way to go in building up assets for each of its 145 funds, according to a new report. November figures from ...