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Perennial invests in oil equipment stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Perennial Investment Partners' international equities division has invested in oil and gas drilling equipment companies ahead of a predicted worldwide oil rig upgrade following the BP disaster. Clay Carter, head of international equities at Perennial ...

US pension funds get $800m from class action

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Three Ohio pension funds have won a $840 million settlement from AIG after the insurer agreed to settle claims of accounting violations and stock price manipulation, in the tenth-largest securities class action settlement in U.S. history. Ohio Attorney ...

Vanguard tops LPT sector review

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
Vanguard Investments Australia's locally listed property fund has beaten 18 other funds to be rated 'highly recommended' by Lonsec as the sector struggles with divergent performance results and high staff turnover. The firm's 2010 Australian Property ...

IQ Business boosts AGEST tech

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
IQ Business Group has signed the Australian Government Employees Superannuation Trust (AGEST) to its newly launched Microsoft Solutions Practice. The Sydney-based division, headed by Ragav Jagannathan, supports financial services firms to ensure the ...

Karagianis moves to MLC

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
MLC has recruited Michael Karagianis, former UBS Global Asset Management (Australia) head of asset allocation and investment strategy, to join the group. Besides working for four years at UBSGAM, Karagianis was previously the head of asset allocation ...

Auscoal switches to daily unit pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
The $5 billion-plus Auscoal Super has switched from weekly crediting rates to daily unit pricing in line with the broader industry shift towards daily unit pricing. Auscoal Super started its new calculation method at the beginning of this month. According ...

Macq taps planner needs for mortgages

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
Macquarie Bank has launched a range of home loan products to cater for financial planners who want to expand their mortgage-related services. Macquarie Bank Mortgage Solutions' flagship product, Optimum Package, includes a number of options such as ...

Aviva takes over Henderson property fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
Aviva Investors will manage the Henderson International Property Fund portfolio, which includes Australian assets, after being named investment manager and authorised corporate director of the fund. The arrangements kick in 2 August. In a press statement ...

Austock investments chair resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
Tim Boyle, chairman of investments at Austock Group, resigned last Friday but will remain on the Austock board as a non-executive director. According to an ASX statement released on Friday, Boyle's resignation took immediate effect at the end of last ...

Maritime and Auscoal Super in merger talks

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
Maritime Super is in merger talks with coal community industry fund Auscoal Super to create an $8 billion-plus fund. The Maritime Union of Australia confirmed that Maritime Super, which had around $3 billion in assets at the end of March according to ...