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Pensions fail to direct manager voting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... their pension fund clients' proxies at their own discretion - without instructions or guidance from their clients. New research from the Shareholder Association for Research and Education showed that over 71 per cent of investment managers reflect this ...

QIC taps lifecycle strategies

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
QIC has developed new lifecycle investment solutions aimed at adjusting risk to complement existing investment strategies available to super funds. The lifecycle strategies will be used to adjust the risk faced by a member as he or she approaches retirement. ...

ING appoints CIO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... role of chief investment officer of ING Australia. In this role Brentnall will build and lead a specialist ING Australia research and investment team and capability. Brentnall has over 20 years experience in investment management. "In this newly created ...

ANZ appoints Hogan as chief economist

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... report to acting managing director global markets, Rob O'Callaghan. Warren will lead ANZ's Economics and Global Markets Research team, which provides economic analysis on the Australian economy, global financial markets and the economies of major trading ...

Mortgage trust managers have lots of questions to answer

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... distribution to unitholders and Colonial estimated that it would not be able to make a distribution for 18 months. One research head at a fund rating agency says he has received calls from a large number of managers advising that they have no plans to ...

No cane toad approach to SMSF shake-up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... very best not to release a cane toad into the SMSF sector," he said. On the whole, Cooper said Super System Review's research on SMSFs found are well run. "The sector has driven down costs and we've seen good compliance levels, and importantly, SMSFs ...

CareSuper ramps up insurance appeal

CARESUPER RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... was developed in conjunction with IFSIB, CareSuper's insurance broker following analysis of claims history and member research. The arrangements were negotiated with CommInsure, the fund's existing insurer. On joining the fund, under automatic acceptance ...

IMA research lag hampers investors

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
The lack of research on individually managed accounts (IMAs) in Australia have prevented more investors from putting their funds in the sector. According to Kris Vogelsong, head of corporate development at Private Portfolio Managers, the US' IMA and ...

Russell wins IOOF mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... effective manner." In addition, Merlicek pointed out Russell's flexibility, expertise in the retail/platform sectors, research and asset allocation were also key selling points. The mandate comes at a time when rumours are circling about Russell's commitment ...

MLC chief investment officer steps down

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... his own investment consultancy. Condon will be retained by MLC in an advisory capacity. MLC's head of capital markets research Susan Gosling will become acting CIO while an international search is conducted for Condon's replacement. Gosling's appointment ...