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Qantas Super slows funding plan

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
Qantas Super is easing the flow of funds into its $66 million additional funding plan as markets bounce back and the fund's financial position improves. Qantas Super's funding plan was established last April to boost the coffers of its defined benefit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
Australian shares are set to fall after Wall Street dropped on the possibility of criminal charges into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and ongoing concerns about Europe's financial sector. At 0746 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price ...

CFSGAM targets global trends with commodities fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) banks on global trends including population growth, demand for biofuels and the emerging 'middle class' to make a return for investors. The CFSGAM Global Soft Commodity Share fund, launched yesterday ...

NAB gains more time on AXA deal

ASX RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
AXA Asia Pacific, AXA SA and NAB have each agreed to extend the period for NAB to satisfy concerns raised by ACCC till 15 June this year. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said last month it would oppose NAB's proposal to buy ...

Changing of the guard at Temasek

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
Australian fund managers looking to do business with Asian sovereign fund Temasek will need to woo new leaders at the firm namely the new president and the new head of portfolio management announced last week. Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara has been appointed ...

ING Aus opens Wollongong hub, to hire 600 staff

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
NSW Premier Kristina Keneally this morning opened the new ING superannuation and investments operations centre in Wollongong south of Sydney, the upgraded hub that is set to grow its staff numbers from 350 to 600 in three years. The four-and-a-half ...

Austock hires insto sales manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Austock Group has hired former MINC Financial Services stockbroker, Bruce Rolin, as co-head of institutional sales in its Sydney office. Rolin has more than 25 years experience in financial markets including long-standing directorships with Morgan Stanley ...

Western Asset seeks ops in volatile markets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
One of the world's largest fixed-income managers, Western Asset Management, has launched a new absolute return credit fund aimed at exploiting credit opportunities amid volatile markets. Speaking at the Legg Mason Investment Symposium in Sydney yesterday ...

Aussie shares beat property over the long term

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
Australian shares delivered higher returns, after costs and taxes, than residential property over the past two decades, a new report shows. The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) commissioned investment firm Russell Investments to measure the performance ...

MLC cuts Wellington and appoints Carnegie

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
MLC has axed Wellington Management Company from its global equities fund manager line-up, and appointed Carnegie Asset Management as its new investment manager. Wellington's mandate was terminated because the firm tended to show "higher turnover than ...