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Schroders appoints UBS director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
Schroder Investment Management Australia has appointed former UBS director, Jasmin Argyrou, to the Australian fixed income team as fund manager. This appointment increases the size of the Australian team to nine. In her new role at Schroders, Argyrou ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
If you believe the mantra that any economic recovery would not be sustainable without employment growth, then there is now no doubt that Australia has one sustainable economic expansion going. The latest Labour Force, Australia released by the Australian ...

Perpetual gets four stars from S&P

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
The Perpetual Split Growth Fund has been assigned a four-star rating from Standard & Poor's Fund Services, which now rates the fund in the Multi-sector - Equity peer group. Previously the fund was part of S&P's International Equities - Diversified peer ...

iPhone app targets home hunters

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
St.George Bank is making the most out of the iPhone revolution with a new home loan iPhone app. Using technology to gain more customers is not a new tactic - but St.George is specifically targeting house hunters with the release of its Home Loan Calculator ...

Aberdeen fund gets S&P three stars

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has assigned its three-star 'New' rating to the Aberdeen Sustainable Income Fund, which Aberdeen acquired from Credit Suisse Asset Management. The fund's investment strategy also changed in October 2008, when it evolved ...

Emerging markets could be heading for bubble

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Emerging market equities valuations could be headed for a 'bubble' given the amount of liquidity in listed markets and the number of large institutions set to pump funds into the region, one fund manager has warned. Allan Conway, global head of emerging ...

EQT and Schroder get ratings upgrade

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
The EQT PIMCO Wholesale Diversified Fixed Interest fund was upgraded from four stars to five stars while Schroder Fixed Income fund's rating was also changed from three to four stars following a sector review by Standard & Poor's. The fixed interest ...

Super should not be compulsory: Cox

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
Eva Cox, a woman's rights advocate and social activist, said super should not be compulsory for all Australians - and lambasted the industry for failing to meet the savings needs of the wider Australian public. Debating on whether SG should be raised ...

All aboard online at CalPERS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
The California Public Employees' Retirement System is taking member education to cyberspace with the recently launched CalPERSResponds.com - a website that tackles pension issues such as investments, health and security. According to a press statement ...

Gonzalez move a win-win: analyst

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
One of Perpetual's longest serving executives, Emilio Gonzalez, is to take the helm at BT Investment Management, a high profile recruitment that is a coup for BT but could also set the stage for fresh changes at Perpetual, said an analyst. Emilio Gonzalez ...