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Dimensional wins Russell mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... Dimensional Fund Advisors to manage a 10 per cent mandate within the Russell Australian Shares Fund. Recently released research from Russell Investments reconfirmed that a mild bias to value shares in a core Australian equity portfolio can deliver a ...

Tower taps UK trends to upgrade insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... solution, faster processing times and the choice for online or paper-based processes for advisers - upgrades underpinned by research and technology from latest IFA and insurance trends from overseas, particularly the UK. In a presentation this morning ...

Wealthy women frustrated with finance firms: book

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
Financial services companies may want to review how they interact and work with women after research found they represent $12 trillion in consumer discretionary spending globally are disappointed with the way finance firms deal with them. A recently ...

High fees barrier to infrastructure mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... barriers to mandates from institutional investors if they do not review their high fee models, argues Watson Wyatt. A new research paper from Watson Wyatt, titled Improving Fees in Infrastructure, said the firm favours either low cost PPP (Public Private ...

Centro execs to face tough penalties

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
The regulator has launched proceedings against the chair, chief executive, chief financial officer and five other directors of entities within Centro Properties Group and Centro Retail Group for misleading accounting practices. The action includes Brian ...

Arise Chindonesia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... for investors by 2015. These three nations will be next "growth triangle," said Nicholas Cashmore, head of Indonesia research at CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets. "Together, China and India are increasingly becoming the biggest marketplace for almost everything ...

Ignorance is not financial bliss: Fidelity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... account (Ira), called the Roth Ira, and the lack of knowledge is costing them a lot of retirement money, a new study found. Research from Fidelity Investments show that many Americans are not maximising their retirement savings simply because they don't ...

Perennial recruits investment specialists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... platforms, national dealer groups and NSW financial planners while Felicia Entwistle, investment specialist, will focus on research firms and dealer group research professionals. "We've thrown out the traditional hierarchy of the old bureaucratic BDM ...

ING outsources research to two firms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
ING Australia is outsourcing its financial product and fund research to two external providers in January as Financial Facts shuts its operations by the end of the year. According to a press statement from ING Australia, the firm recently conducted ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... of writedowns. But the market is like a D9 Catepillar: it just keeps bulldozing through any negativity on its way up." Research in an IMF working paper released on Thursday found that, although the positions of Australian banks were sound, they still ...