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Rev mortgage guide "out of date": RBS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... consumers understand if a reverse mortgage is suitable for them. Tony D'Aloisio, chair at ASIC, said the regulator's research had found consumers find it difficult to understand what a reverse mortgage is and ASIC is concerned that people are being encouraged ...

J.P. Morgan wins Capital mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
J.P. Morgan has won a mandate with fund manager Capital International Research to provide services for the group's mutual funds recently launched to Australian and New Zealand investors. J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services will provide global ...

Super without worries

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... people don't want to worry about super, at all, so North allows them to do exactly that." On the back of new consumer research and adviser feedback, the group has launched a new ad campaign and website this month providing more information about capital ...

Super assets to hit $2 trn by 2015: Deloitte

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... attempted to predict growth rates by market segment in pre-retirement and post retirement assets over a 20-year period. The research identified self managed super funds (SMSF) and industry super funds would experience the highest growth of 11 per cent ...

Hedge funds lag index returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... as markets staged a recovery although long term figures depict a different picture, according to the latest hedge fund research. The global hedge fund index, domiciled in US dollars, returned 3.5 per cent in April while the S&P 500 posted 9.6 per cent ...

UBS appoints Asia Pac fixed interest manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... and her team are part of the global structure of fixed income and have the support of all global functions including research," said Gambi.

Job freezes to thaw: Watson Wyatt

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... cost-cutting changes can be reversed and which will become ingrained into the permanent business environment." The Watson Wyatt research also revealed that more than half of companies surveyed expect staff sizes will decrease from pre-economic crisis ...

Regulator warns on rev mortgages

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... information on the risks and cost of the strategies, possible alternatives and terms and conditions to look out for. "Our research shows that people find it difficult to understand these products. One of the big challenges is how to estimate the long ...

Aviva Aus sale poses revenue risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... According to Rainmaker, the group manages more than $7 billion of funds as at March this year. Grant Kennaway, head of research at Lonsec, said the firm is maintaining its recommendations on Aviva Investors' Australian equities products. "We don't expect ...

Bennelong hires Scully for compliance

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... Pacific, Scully worked at Mercantile Mutual as managing director, general manager of investment products and manager of research and planning. Aside from this new role, Scully acts as a consultant at Rainmaker Group and also holds a number of directorships ...