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Aus and NZ fund issuance better under MRSO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and New Zealand Securities Commission have applauded the Mutual Recognition of Securities Offerings (MRSO) - a new legislation that will see trans-Tasman mutual recognition of securities offerings. ...

Pentafin joins personal super crowd

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
Pentafin is tackling the personal superannuation market with a new product within its OneVue suite. A key part of this new offering includes Ingevity's Longevity Insurance, a relatively new "income for life" concept which allows retirees to access their ...

QIC appoints ex-Deutsche exec

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
... selection, business strategy and performance. At a portfolio level, Jordan was responsible for the main Alpha product, which was close to $6 billion in size. Prior to his promotion to head of equities, Stuart was head of small companies at Deutsche. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
The Australian share market shifted downward at midday, driven by heavy losses in the financial sector and only slight gains in the mining sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 25.2 points, or 0.47 per cent, at 5304, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
... rising inflation will slow the global economy. The benchmark Nikkei average shed 294.88 points to 13,888.60, its lowest close since May 28. HONG KONG - Shares closed 1.3 per cent lower after Chinese stocks fell to a new 14-month low as retail investors ...

ASSET Super appoints Mercer

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
Multi-industry superannuation fund ASSET Super has appointed Mercer Investment Consulting as their new asset consultant. The 114,000-member super fund which has $1.4 billion under management invited seven organisations to tender for the asset consulting ...

Market wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... comment. The FTSE 100 slumped 104 points to 5,723.3 to notch a fourth consecutive session of losses and fall to their lowest close in over two months. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6,650.26 points, down 120.84 or 1.78 per cent. PARIS - The CAC-40 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... announced it would raise billions of dollars in capital. Bellwether resources stocks BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto slipped at the close after heavy late selling from London. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index tumbled 154.6 points, or 2.76 per cent, to 5,437.5 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
The Australian share market was down more than two per cent at noon, as the banks led declines after US investment bank Lehman Brothers announced overnight it expects an unprecedented second-quarter loss. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Challenger JV opens EM infrastructure doors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Challenger Financial Services and global trading company Mitsui & Co have signed a joint venture agreement to develop an infrastructure focussed investment management business in Singapore and launch an emerging markets infrastructure fund. Mitsui & ...