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Perennial and Hyperion sign UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
Home grown boutique fund managers Perennial Investment Partners and Hyperion Asset Management have become the latest Aussie signatories of the UN PRI. According to Perennial chief executive Anthony Patterson, the fund manager had taken an interest in ...

iShares adds three

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
Barclays Global Investors has introduced three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) covering telco, health and consumer brands to give investors the chance to tap "defensive" investment sectors. According to BGI-owned iShares, the new ETFs lets Australians ...

Twitter my super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
Individuum is waving the Gen Y flag when it used digital platforms Twitter, Facebook, blogs and Vimeo video screening to stay connected to members. IOOF-owned Individuum, an online super provider, decided to embark on its online journey because most ...

BT revamps wrap for equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
BT Financial Group is heeding its advisers' calls for more efficient equities trading and recently unveiled a three-year program to rework the BT Wrap platform. The three year program, which begins next Monday, will include the introduction of bulk ...

Super assets lose $25bn

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
Superannuation assets suffered a $25.1 billion loss for the financial year to 30 June 2008 - but smaller funds have bucked the trend to increase assets by 6.7 per cent to $361 billion, according to data released by APRA. The Australian Prudential Regulation ...

Praemium teams up with BNP Paribas

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
Aussie tech firm Praemium is poised to shake up the discretionary market in the UK when it teamed up with BNP Paribas to create a discretionary and platform service there. ASX listed Praemium partnered with BNP Paribas to target advisers and wealth ...

IUS revamps super insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
"Out with the old, in with the new" is the mantra at IUS this year as the insurance firm rejigs its offerings based on lifestyle adjustments and looks at innovative ways to provide TPD and life cover. Phil Collins, general manager at IUS Life, shot ...

WHK and Macquarie form partnership

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
WHK Group and Macquarie Private Wealth have entered a strategic partnership - paving the way for Macquarie to become a holder of the planning group within the next five years. According to a joint press statement, the deal will see Macquarie commit ...

Developing Asia worst hit

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
Developing countries in Asia are the worst casualties of the global financial crisis, which last year slashed the value of financial assets worldwide by a massive US$50 trillion. According to a new study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), losses on ...

GESB seeks more unlisted exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
West Australian-based Government Employees Superannuation Fund (GESB) is considering increasing its current asset allocation of 5 per cent into unlisted assets after it was hard hit by the downfall of equities markets. GESB, which had $8.4 billion in ...