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Norway revises pension investment strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
Norway's $391 billion Government Pension Fund has increased its allocation to real estate and emerging markets to improve diversification and investment returns. The Government Pension Fund, which comprises of The Pension Fund - Global and is managed ...

AXA halves adviser PI expense

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
AXA Australia has signed a new professional indemnity (PI) deal that will cost its licensed advisers 50 per cent less than the average market rate. The deal comprises of a PI insurance premium of $195, in addition to 0.33 per cent of an adviser's income. ...

Advisers change tack on life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
Smarter planning software programs have triggered a fundamental change in how financial advisers provide life insurance to clients, according to an Investment Trends report. The report surveyed 1,600 advisers in November last year and found that of ...

The carbon cost of investing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
If you're worried about the carbon impact of your investment portfolios, tapping into Style Research and Trucost's carbon analysis can give you an idea of where you stand. Style Research and environmental research organisation Trucost have teamed up ...

Planner To-Do list post Budget

Advisers overwhelmed by the initiatives unveiled in last night's Budget could do well by starting their client reviews on three major changes singled out by technical advice experts from Challenger and MLC. Challenger's head of technical services Alex ...

Wayne the nation builder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
Treasurer Wayne Swan has donned his hardhat and launched Australia on a massive $40 billion nation building program centred on three new investment funds designed to fix infrastructure, health and education while also kick starting Australia's regional ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... phone company Optus, is to deliver fourth quarter results. Yesterday, the Australian share market closed marginally in the red on thin trading volumes. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 15.8 points, or 0.27 per cent, to 5,812.7 while the broader All ...

CommInsure halves insurance PDS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
CommInsure has reduced the product disclosure statement (PDS) of its Personal Insurance Portfolio product by half, slashing 28 pages off the document. The firm's Personal Insurance Portfolio PDS has been reduced from 56 to 28 pages and, in addition ...

QIC adds two to board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
QIC has appointed management consultant Bradley Bowton and former State Super chief executive, Lyn Gearing, to its board. Bowton is one of the founding directors of management consultancy CACE Partners. Prior to establishing CACE Partners, Bowton worked ...

First State leads UK adviser fund scoreboard

The UK arm of homegrown fund manager Colonial First State scooped the top six spots in a new report that looks at the top 100 fund managers in the UK based on consistent performance. London-based financial adviser publication Professional Adviser published ...