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London firm Stratton enters Australian market

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
London-based investment manager Stratton Street's New Capital Wealthy Nations Bond Fund will available for wholesale and institutional investors for the first time in Australia, with Equity Trustees acting as the responsible entity. The fund focuses ...

Super sector should influence broader policy: Brogden

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
The superannuation sector should seek to influence public policy as funds become bigger and gain more influence in the economy, Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden said. "As an industry, we have been very focused on laws that ...

Frontier and Rogerscasey form research alliance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
Frontier Advisors and Segal Rogerscasey have partnered to establish a Global Investment Research Alliance (GIRA) to share research on investment managers across the globe. The Alliance is expected to expand to a maximum of six members with additional ...

TOWER Life business sold to Fidelity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... $23 million. The sale implies a total value of $212 million for TOWER's life insurance business. TOWER said it would now focus on delivering general insurance products and services to customers in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. "We determined that ...

Confusion reigns over financial literacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
Despite the focus on financial literacy by regulators, Australian school curriculum designers and financial services firms, there is still no agreed definition of what it is and how to measure it, reveals the Australian Securities and Investment Commission ...

Rainmaker Excellence Awards 2013

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... Year Winner ING DIRECT Living Super ING DIRECT Finalists netwealth super accelerator - netwealth Investments IOOF Pursuit Focus - IOOF Suncorp Everyday Super Suncorp Super MTAA Retire Safe MTAA Super Rainmaker Business Development Manager of the Year ...

IFM expands direct investments team

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... (IFM) has expanded its direct investments group with the appointment of Ashley Barker as investment director. Barker will focus on identifying and executing investment opportunities for IFM's new direct investments business. He will be located in Sydney ...

Number of instos prioritising risk doubles since GFC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... half of all respondents ranked reputational risk equally with risk arising from market volatility. Despite the increased focus on risk, the study found that the majority of non-risk staff (52%), as well as three in 10 risk professionals, think that risk ...

Investors need income rethink after RBA rate cut

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)'s decision to cut rates may mean that income investors should adopt a changed approach, according to BlackRock head of fixed income Steve Miller. The RBA cut the base rate by 25 basis points to a record low of 2.75% ...

EQT mulls position after Perpetual move on Trust Co

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
Equity Trustees (EQT) is set to make a formal response on its position, after Perpetual announced to the market yesterday that it proposed to buy 100% of The Trust Company ordinary shares. In statement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) this ...