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SEC charges New Jersey with fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
The US financial watchdog has cracked down on the state of New Jersey for securities fraud pertaining to fake municipal bond offerings and underfunding two of the state's largest pension funds. Mid this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission ...

NGS Super considers Shariah-compliant option

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
NGS Super is looking to launch a Shariah-compliant investment option based on the feedback from the Islamic members of the fund. Chief executive Anthony Rodwell-Ball told the audience at yesterday's Rainmaker Marketing Symposium that the fund is working ...

H3 Global 'highly recommended': Zenith

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
The H3 Global Commodities Fund was given a "highly recommended" rating while the H3 Global Strategies Fund earned "recommended", after each of the funds were assessed by Zenith. "The H3 Global Strategies Fund provides non-correlated returns to traditional ...

Suncorp buoyed by super and investments

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
Suncorp Life, which covers the company's life insurance, superannuation, investment and asset management businesses, contributed $222 million to the group's bottom line, almost a third of the parent's total earnings. On a relative basis, the division ...

Rising markets boost Perpetual's bottom line

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
Perpetual Limited reported full year net profits after tax of $90.5 million in the year to June, representing a 140 per cent increase on last year's result, and well above the company's previously issued guidance. The company's Private Wealth division ...

Funds eye Yuan bond market

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
China has long attracted interest from foreign equity managers but now fixed interest managers are keeping an eye on Yuan-denominated bond markets for fresh opportunities. For the plethora of global growth and Asian equity managers out there, exposure ...

Parrish, Williamson, Chow to exit CPG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
Following the purchase of a majority holding in asset consultant CPG Research and Advisory earlier this year by Sigma Alpha International Limited (SAIL), CPG principals John Parrish, Peter Williamson and Philip Chow will be leaving the business. Simon ...

Challenger back in the black, annuity sales trebles

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
Challenger Financial Services has staged a strong profit recovery during the year, buoyed by a record performance from its annuities business and a 22 per cent rise in gross assets under management to almost $24 billion. The group reported results this ...

Milton and Choiseul to merge

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
The proposed merger of Milton Corporation Limited and Choiseul Investments Limited would create an investment company with $2 billion in assets and more than 18,000 shareholders. Under the deal, Choiseul shareholders will receive a fully franked special ...

Legg Mason Permal Global Absolute Trust earns high rating

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Newly-launched managed fund, the Legg Mason Permal Global Absolute Return Trust (GAT), has gained a four-star rating from S&P. The GAT is essentially a daily liquidity UCITS III vehicle that aims to take advantage of a number of global equity scenarios ...