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Former S&P head moves to Lonsec

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
Former Standard & Poor's head of fixed income managed funds research David Erdonmez is to join Lonsec as a general manager. Erdonmez will take up the role of GM - managed funds research early next month when S&P is due to close its local research unit. ...

ING's new super product to shake up the industry

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... more customer focused experience to superannuation," said Vaughn Richtor, chief executive officer of ING Direct. "Our research found satisfaction and engagement with superannuation is lacking and customers' trust in their fund managers is at an all time ...

AMP partners with Morningstar for research

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
AMP Financial Services has appointed Morningstar as its preferred partner for research consultancy. Under the agreement, effective 1 October 2012, AMP's research team will have access to Morningstar's fund research, research analysts, and desktop tools. ...

10,000 finance jobs slashed since GFC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... in Australia - particularly front line staff - don't have job security, or access to pay increases, Shingles said. New research shows more than 10 000 Australian finance jobs have been cut since the global financial crisis, 6,294 of which can be attributed ...

Legg Mason restructures distribution

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... has become more sophisticated. "A lot of them are involving institutional consultants as well now, it's not just the research houses. "Combining our institutional and retail efforts will allow us to create more meaningful solutions from our stable of ...

Apostle launches global equity fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... manages a single investment strategy in global equities, using a bottom-up fundamental approach. It relies on its own research to seek out companies with sustainable dividend growth, with no distinction made between emerging and established markets. ...

Plug the $1 trillion savings shortfall: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
New research has prompted the Financial Services Council (FSC) to call for longer working lives, to plug a massive retirement savings hole caused by people outliving life expectancies. Australians who live longer than current life expectancy will face ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... of Uncle Sam's minus 7.6% But it's not only Australia, I received news from comrade Alex Dunnin (Rainmaker Director of Research) yesterday that bond yields in one of our neighbours - Singapore - has also plumbed all time lows to 1.31% yesterday. That ...

Australian Unity expands investment team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... Jody Fitzgerald joins as investment specialist from UBS Wealth Management where she was head of investment and product research. Previously with Hastings Funds Management as director of property originations, Guy Sainsbury has joined AUI in the role ...

AMP training program to attract women advisers

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... seeking to combine a greater work/life balance with an exciting and fulfilling career," Steele explained. AMP said that research shows there's been substantial growth in part-time work over the past 50 years across the board. "Women constitute most of ...