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Dollar dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Have no fear, the Fed is here...to stay. Perhaps spooked by the pause on Wall Street in recent days, the Fed found it necessary to re-assure investors that borrowing rates would remain practically free for an "extended period." As if? Yes, as if the ...

Age of greener capitalism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
Natural Capital joins a nascent group of fund managers hell-bent on saving the planet by backing companies that put the environment first, profits second. Sustainable investing, called by any other name, has been around for decades. But Angus Forbes ...

ING wins $1bn employer super book

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
ING Australia is transitioning the Legg Mason Corporate Super Mastertrust book, which represents $1 billion in funds under management across 20,000 member accounts, to the firm's Corporate Super suite. The firm won the trusteeship of Legg Mason Asset ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
There's a new twist in the tale of what we thought to be the ended saga of the GFC. The US equity market's - and by extension most other stock market's - performance over the past few weeks perfectly underscored what I've been trying to convey in my ...

Fin services tech firms get nod from NSW govt

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
Strategic Risk International, Milestone Group and Fintechnix are among the nine New South Wales-based financial services technology providers being promoted by the local government at an industry conference in Sydney. The two-day conference, Technology ...

Green takes reigns at AIA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
AIA Australia have appointed Damien Green as their new local chief executive. Green has been with AIA, formerly AIG Australia, since 2006 progressively directing the client services division and being heavily involved with business development and client ...

Clearway adds emerging markets manager client

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
Clearway Capital Solutions has partnered with Somerset Capital Management to develop the global emerging markets equities manager's business in Australia. Dennis Mothoneos, managing director at Clearway Capital Solutions, said local institutional investors ...

Unregistered MIS operator arrested

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
The former director of Fuelbanc Australia and operator of an unregistered managed investment scheme, Stephen McDougall, was arrested yesterday after the court charged him with nine counts of dishonest use of his position as an officer of the company. ...

Pension fund head gets jail sentence

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
The former head of a Swiss teachers' pension fund has been sentenced to four years imprisonment after being convicted of a string of offences including fraud and embezzlement. UK-based publication online publication IPE.com reported Ignace Rey, the ...

Plum wins NAB Super mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
Plum Financial Services' assets under administration are set to reach $11.2 billion after the $2.9 billion NAB Group Superannuation Fund subcontracted its administration services to Plum. According to a fund statement, National Australia Bank had elected ...