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IFM hits back at claims it plays politics with super fund money

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
The chief executive of asset manager Industry Funds Management has hit back at press reports about his organisation's plan to run clean energy advertisements to coincide with the Labor Government's carbon tax campaign, calling the coverage "inaccurate". ...

AMP Capital wins UK pension fund mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011

Bond broker targets WA planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
Fixed income broker FIIG Securities has opened an office in Perth to provide bond investment services to financial planners in Western Australia. FIIG, which has over $6 billion in term deposits under advice, will give WA planners access to short term ...

Markets crash as recession fears hit

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Australian stocks plunged at the open after world markets fell sharply overnight and experts say more grief is to come. At time of writing, the All Ordinaries Index was down 173 points or 3.97% to 4179.9 while the S&P ASX 200 had given up 156.5 points ...

Snowball launches advice centre of excellence

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Snowball Financial Group has launched a Best Advice Centre of Excellence, a collection of some of the advice industry's leading minds to hash out ideas and new ways to improve the delivery of advice. The project is part of Snowball's Project Best Advice ...

Western Asset brings in fixed income manager

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
Fund manager Western Asset Management, owned by legg mason, has appointed experienced portfolio manager Damon Shinnick to its Australian fixed income team. Shinnick joins as a portfolio manager and senior credit analyst focusing on the Australian and ...

A minute to midnight sees super funds merge

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
What difference can a midnight minute make to a merger? Do you combine your super funds at 12.01am on July 1? Or 11.59pm on June 30? Those vital 60 seconds were pondered during an afternoon talk by Graeme Russell, chief executive officer of First Super ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly lower today, after Wall Street eased overnight on lingering concerns over debt on both sides of the Atlantic. At 0701 AEST, the local September share price index futures contract was down seven ...

AustralianSuper, Westscheme merger completed

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
AustralianSuper has hit $42 billion in funds and 1.8 million members after today officially merging with West Australian super fund, Westscheme, coinciding with its launch of an aviation division. Since announcing plans to merge in February this year ...

Bendigo Wealth expands, restructures with seven senior appointments

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
Bendigo Wealth has restructured to prepare for the future of financial advice reforms with a raft of new appointments and new products on the way. The wealth management arm of the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, officially launched in April, has taken a ...