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India to ban food futures

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
Growing fears that hedge funds and arbitrage markets are playing a disproportionate role in driving up soft commodity prices is prompting the Indian government to consider a ban on food futures. The comments by the Indian government's finance minister ...

ING buys Citistreet for $960m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
ING Group has acquired admin services giant Citistreet, owned by Citi and State Street, for a whopping $960 million in cash. Established in 2000, Citistreet was previously half owned each by Citigroup and State Street Corporation. The business provides ...

Pentafin recruits ex-Macq head

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... where Pentafin comes in," said Ascalon's chief executive Nick Basile in an earlier interview. Among Pentafin's clients are ING, Portfolio Partners and Australian Unity Investments.

ING names new sales & marketing FM head

A former Allianz Global Investors exec joins ING Australia in the newly created role of head of funds management, sales & marketing. Prior to joining ING, Vinnie Wadhera was the director of institutional business with Allianz Global Investors. He has ...

Super Concepts names GM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
ING Australia has promoted Paul May to general manager of its self managed super fund business, Super Concepts. May has worked at Super Concepts for more than six years, most recently as national operations manager. Prior to working at Super Concepts ...

Super funds pay little attention to biotech

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
Spray-on skin for burnt victims, cancer treatment drugs, the bionic ear - Australia's multi-billion dollar biotechnology sector is thriving but local investors are still shying away from the industry. Speaking at the Excellence in Biotechnology Investment ...

Retirement age must rise

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
The call by NSW Premier Morris Iemma for a lift in the retirement age reflects simple economic reality. It also shows how naive in retrospect people were who criticised the former government's proposals to encourage workers to delay their retirement ...

Bravura becomes a prime buy target

... in-house, said one source familiar with the industry. For example, Bravura counts Perpetual, AXA, Commonwealth Bank, BT Financial, ING, AMP, Suncorp-Metway and Mercer Human Resource Capital as clients. It also provides the superannuation administration ...

LUCRF ups insurance stakes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... decision that will see its members obtain more than double the cover at the same premium rates. Under a revived deal with ING Life effective last month, the new arrangement will see members' death and TPD insurance tailored to the type of work a member ...

Pentafin and DP step up MA technology

... administration platform built on new technologies. Since then, Pentafin has won contracts to provide IT system solutions for ING, Portfolio Partners and Australian Unity Investments. McKeage said the merged business will be able to develop technology ...