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NAB Super eases hedging as dollar soars

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
NAB Super has increased its currency exposure and lowered its international shares currency hedge, as the Aussie dollar continues to defy gravity. NAB Super reduced its international shares currency hedge from 30 per cent to 20 per cent late last month. ...

AMP and Bendigo Bank align

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
AMP Financial Services has formed a strategic alliance with Bendigo Bank, making AMP Flexible Lifetime Protection available across the bank's 460 branches. In a move illustrating AMP's plans to access and broaden its distribution reach of wealth solutions ...

Rise of in-house fund mgmt a game changer

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
A shift of government super funds towards in-house management could threaten the raison d'etre of some of Australia's largest investment managers. In its recently released results, state owned fund manager Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) disclosed ...

Pengana launches Australian Market Neutral fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010

More US investment banks close prop desks

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
US investment banks are taking further steps towards meeting the requirements of recently passed FinReg legislation, and the indirect result could be new investment opportunities for Australian super funds. Shortly after the New York Times revealed ...

MLC says no to PIH stake

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
MLC has opted out of buying a minority stake in Professional Investment Holdings - leaving the door open for Aviva Overseas Holdings to divest or keep its remaining 20 per cent stake in one of Australia's largest planning firms. MLC confirmed in a statement ...

SSgA hits $45m in 24 hours

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
State Street's new high dividend yield ETF has amassed over $45 million in FUM from investors a day after the strategy was listed on the ASX. Rob Goodlad, SSgA senior managing director for Australia, confirmed the firm's SPDR MSCI Australia Select High ...

US insurer postpones IPO

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
In a further sign of the fragile state of the US economy, one of the biggest initial public offerings of 2010 was withdrawn overnight. Liberty Mutual Group, the fifth largest property and casualty group in the US by direct written premiums, postponed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
The Australian share market was marginally stronger at noon, with mining stocks leading the gains on the back of higher metals prices overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained 9.1 points, or 0.19 per cent, to 4,678.9 points ...

CFSGAM appoints senior analyst

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has appointed former Concord Capital buy side senior analyst, Oliver Ansted, as senior analyst and portfolio manager. Starting next month, Ansted will take on the role of senior analyst / portfolio ...