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UK pension lose $6bn on BP oil spill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
UK pension funds have a multi-billion dollar exposure to oil giant BP's share price, which has plummeted more than 36 per cent since the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The UK-based National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), which represents more ...

AXA appoints FMs to drive income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
AXA Australia selected funds from Ankura Capital, Legg Mason, Epoch Investment Partners, Macquarie Investment Management and Goldman Sachs/JBWere as part of its new income portfolio. Ankura Capital and Legg Mason will manage the Australian equities ...

SSgA wins S&P licence for ETFs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
State Street Global has acquired an exclusive license from Standard & Poor's to list and trade SPDR Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) based on the S&P/ASX 200. The S&P/ASX 200 is the primary gauge for the Australian equity market. It tracks the prices of ...

INGIM tackles retail, welcomes regulatory changes

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
Steven Billiet, chief executive of less than six months at ING Investment Management in Australia, gives an update on the firm's distribution strategy and says the company is well-placed to compete with the incumbents amid regulatory reforms. Billiet ...

Crédit Agricole signs on Calypso

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
CrA(C)dit Agricole CIB has gone live with Calypso Technology systems across 23 locations in Asia Pacific, Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Calypso Technology is a global application software provider of an integrated trading, risk and processing ...

Civic joins Financial Index Australia

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
With succession planning an issue among advisers, Civic Financial Planning has merged with Financial Index Australia to ensure the firm's handover is transitioned smoothly when its principal planners retire. Canberra-based Civic Financial Planning ...

GVI launches unhedged global industrial fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
International equities investment manager Global Value Investors has launched an unhedged version of its Global Industrial Share Fund (GISF). Head of investments at GVI, Roy Chen, said the new fund would provide greater choice for investors at both ...

Multiport appoints BDM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
Former Yellow Brick Road senior financial planner, Ben Thomas, has joined Multiport as business development manager. He will be focusing on growing the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) and managed account administration client base through dealer ...

Korea's big four dominate pensions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
The top four service providers in Korea administer around half of all funded corporate pension assets in the country, and account for KRW 7 trillion of assets, according to Towers Watson's Korea Pension Report. The new report covers 53 service providers ...

AXA clarifies possible Wealth.net sale

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
AXA Research has sought to allay advisers' worries on NAB's possible divestment of Wealth.net by clarifying the bank is considering selling the North Wealth.net platform, not the North products and the guarantee attached to these. AXA Research said ...