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ETF assets to reach $1.6 trillion

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... reside with institutions, including pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, foundations, proprietary trading desks, and mutual funds. Meanwhile between 50 per to 60 per cent of ETF assets reside with retail users, including financial advisors and the ...

Cuscal hires customers GM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... executive of Abacus - Australian Mutuals, which saw him lead the association committed to the support and promotion of mutual credit unions and building societies. He was first appointed Cuscal's general manager, public affairs and compliance in 2001 ...

GESB plans on hold

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
Western Australian public sector super fund, GESB's planned mutualisation process has again been shelved after the local government cited tax and bad financial market concerns. Western Australian treasurer, Troy Buswell said significant progress had ...

New CEO for Russell

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... a smooth and orderly business transition. Subsequently, Schlifske will return to Russell's parent company, Northwestern Mutual, as planned. Doman will also join Russell's board of directors. Most recently, Doman was a founding director of McKinsey & ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace. To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the ...

Time to go green: Tyndall

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... Collison. Tyndall's decision to sign up to the UN PRI follows similar moves by fund managers and super funds such as Investors Mutual Limited and First State Super, which became signatories in the fourth quarter of 2008. The fund manager has $8.9 billion ...

Nicholas-Applegate's 130/30 gets nod

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... Equity 130/30 strategy. The fund manager's Global Equity 130/30 strategy, which is offered in both segregated account and mutual fund formats and available to Australian investors, received praise from Professional Pensions for its outperformance against ...

Dealer group demand spurs CLS growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... Smyth was most recently Dealer Management System marketing executive but has held financial planning roles with National Mutual Financial Planning and Charter Financial Planning. Peter Estcourt, who has worked as a chartered accountant, financial planner ...

Dow Jones launches Islamic ASEAN index

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... serve as underlying for financial products such as exchange-traded funds (ETFs), or as a benchmark for actively managed mutual funds. The index has been licensed to Malaysia-based Corston-Smith Asset Management to be used as the basis for a long-only ...

No more short-selling: IML

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... short-selling threatens the ability of listed companies to raise much-needed equity capital in the next 12 months. Investor Mutual Limited founder and investment director Anton Tagliaffero wrote an open letter to the Federal Government titled 'Please ...