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Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
"Eat my shorts!" (Bart Simpson). Those who continue to hold a dim view of the Australian economy are fast dwindling. More have fallen by the wayside yesterday after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released another "beautiful set of numbers." ...

Equipsuper CEO jumps to Equity Trustees

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
The chief executive of the $4-billion plus Equipsuper, Robin Burns has been appointed managing director of Equity Trustees. Burns is currently CEO of multi employer super fund Equipsuper, which has 49,000 members. He has been chief executive at the ...

Liar, liar, hedge funds on fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
Rogue hedge funds will lie, cheat and connive to get investor money, and while the regulators lack muscle to stop them, there are ways for pension funds to quickly spot the next Madoff. Professor Stephen Brown, a top academic who presented at a hearing ...

Mercer wins Equipsuper mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
The $4 billion Equipsuper has chosen Mercer to provide member administration services to the fund. Equipsuper, which had 48,000 members and around $4 billion in assets under management at 11 August, has appointed Mercer to take over the fund's administration ...

Free planning for members in need: Equipsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
Equipsuper is hoping to give peace of mind to members in need by taking the extraordinary step of providing free planning services to members facing terminal illness. Equipsuper has introduced a new free service to members confronted with terminal illness ...

Equipsuper looks for member directors

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
The $4.2 billion Equipsuper is looking for member directors to join its board. Equipsuper is requesting fund members to start voting for prospective member directors as election now opens. According to an online statement of the fund, the terms of office ...

RBC Dexia wins HSBC mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
HSBC Bank Australia has awarded a mandate to RBC Dexia Investor Services to provide international investor services for its global investments business. HSBC Global Investments is the institutional wealth management arm of HSBC Bank Australia and distributes ...

IT dept holds key to cost cutting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Super funds and fund managers could reduce their cost base through technology after research found cloud computing can save more than $12,000 a year in electricity bills. A NetSuite sustainability impact survey and using information from a study by ...

Another dead feline bounce

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
Oh boy! Wall Street is setting itself up for disappointment round 2. Cling! Cling! With the economic environment still challenging at best and recovery in a galaxy far, far away US equities - and by extension, equities everywhere else - would be hard ...

No flight to cash at Equipsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
Majority of Equipsuper's members did not switch from equities to the cash option despite the heavy falls in the sharemarket last year, said the fund's chief executive. Robin Burns, who heads up the "hybrid" $4.2 billion fund that hosts both defined ...