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AUSCOAL appoints $140m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
Coal industry fund AUSCOAL Super has awarded LSV Asset Management with a $140 million international equities mandate. According to Jennifer McSpadden, strategic marketing manager of the $4.6 billion fund, the discrete $140 million was invested in international ...

DC plans to axe managers

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
Two in five defined contribution plan sponsors in the US are expected to replace their underperforming fund managers in 2009, new research shows. According to Lori Lucas, defined contribution leader at US-based Callan Associates, the credit crisis has ...

Challenger commits to annuities

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
The transfer of the AXA annuity liabilities November last year to Challenger resulted in the firm receiving a $1.3 billion boost in cash and debt security assets, according to its latest half year report. According to Challenger's preliminary first ...

Perpetual appoints new staff, Walsh exits

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
Perpetual has appointed new staff to its institutional sales and service team, while senior executive Justin Walsh resigns. Daniel Campbell has been promoted to general manager for global equities institutional sales and service, Asia Pacific. Campbell ...

Superfunds on recruitment spree

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
As job opportunities in investment banking and funds management dry up, investment professionals should turn their sights on superannuation, with three super funds managing a combined $80 billion on the hunt for the best talent. Queensland-based Sunsuper ...

Better insurance for WA LGSP

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
The $1.3 billion WA Local Government Super Plan has upgraded its insurance offering by providing automatic default insurance for all uninsured members. According to a statement on the fund's website, WA LGSP is seeking to address its members' underinsurance ...

Accelerate to improve tele-underwriting

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
Tower Australia is looking to upgrade its Accelerate offering in 2009 by fine-tuning its tele-underwriting service to churn out decisions in less than three days. According to Brett Yardley, head of offer strategy at Tower, development projects for ...

Meat fund invests in high growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
The $529 million Meat Industry Employees Superannuation Fund is defying the super industry's flight to cash when it recently introduced a new "high growth" investment option to members. Up until the start of this year, MIESF did not offer investment ...

E*Trade signs on Praemium

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
Praemium Limited has signed a deal with E*Trade Australia to provide the tech firm's tax reporting solution to all 350,000 of the latter's Australian clients. Praemium said the arrangement will enable E*Trade clients to manage their investment tax reporting ...

In planners we trust

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
Trust and familiarity are often more valued by clients than advisers' technical expertise particularly in today's volatile market, according to Professional Investment Services. Tom Lawton, ex-Wallabies player and group manager, international business ...