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LGS earns sustainability award

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... in an ideal position to integrate ESG practices into their investment decision making," said Lambert. LGS believes its research will potentially change the way buildings are valued by investors and their tenants. The Australian Business Awards program ...

Lonsec research head exits for Morningstar

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
Lonsec's general manager of research, Grant Kennaway, has resigned from the research house, effective immediately, and moved to the newly created position of head of fund research, Asia-Pacific at Morningstar. Kennaway has submitted his resignation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... per cent on the announcement of a $US20 billion ($A18.53 billion) venture with Saudi oil giant Aramco. BlackBerry maker Research in Motion lost 4.4 per cent after announcing it was cutting 2,000 jobs. The rising spectre of a downgrade of their AAA grade ...

UK should raise state pension age to 70: PwC

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... ageing population, the UK's public debt would reach 90% of GDP by 2050 if existing policies were maintained, said PwC in a research paper. To combat the increased public spending on health, long-term care and state pensions, PwC said there will need ...

Praemium renews with MSSB

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... available from the traditional wrap account and master trust providers," he said. Naoumidis said MSSB executes trades for research that financial advisers can use with their investors. "They are a significant, well-resourced global operator and an association ...

Australia ahead of pack in IT wealth spend

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... four years as the need for enhanced internet services and compliance technology fuels spending. According to technology research firm Ovum, the Asia Pacific wealth management industry's IT investment will reach $4.6 billion by 2015, an 8 per cent rise ...

Zurich launches program to match demographic trends

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... has doubled its proportions in the 50-60 age band, something which Marc Farbis, national manager sales strategies and research, told Financial Standard is in contrary to adviser demographics. "This proportion has nothing to do with rising age of the ...

Investor eyes fixing on fixed interest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... superannuation assets held by retirees, which is expected to double from 20% of the superannuation to 40%, according to industry research published earlier this year by Rainmaker. "This market wants to increase their exposure to asset classes that deliver ...

Older people seek more financial advice

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... women, latest figures show. The Superannuation and Wealth Management in Australia report, released last week by Roy Morgan Research, also surveyed respondents about their use of financial planners. The results were striking. Of those aged 65 and over ...

Certitude partners with Threadneedle on global fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... and target the local retail market including financial planners, platforms, dealer groups, self-managed super funds and research houses. "A lot of people are trying to work out how to get access to international markets and we found somebody managing ...