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Industry backs Lifewise campaign

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009

... insurance industry. More than 50 organisations and individuals support the program including community organisations MS Research Australia, Youth Insearch, Inspire Foundation and Family Relationship Services Australia. Among the insurers throwing their ...

Global funds face currency pains

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009

... Australian dollar late last year, forcing some funds to stop distributing income to unit holders for the March quarter. Research firm Zenith Investment Partners reported that the $240 million Macquarie International Infrastructure Securities fund had ...

Lutheran Super appoints CPG

MICHAEL HOBBS | FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009

Lutheran Super has hired CPG Research & Advisory as the fund's asset consultant. The deal was signed last month after the super fund hired the asset consultant for two separate projects. "We did a project across a few individual funds and some managers ...

Finance job market to recover by 2010

RUTH LIEW | THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009

... employers in Sydney say financial services recruitment will start to rebound before mid next year, a new survey shows. Research by Morgan McKinley notes that almost nine out of 10 or 88 per cent of Sydney employers are optimistic about a job market recovery ...

UK budget cuts HNW pension relief

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009

... measure has upset the pension fund industry as pension tax relief for high earners has reduced from 40 to 20 per cent. Research group Datamonitor said the change means the government has reneged on promises to attempt to tackle the 'pensions gap'. "It ...

Mercer adds boutique, adds staff

MICHAEL HOBBS | WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009

Mercer is building five research boutiques within the firm's investment consulting business and adding more staff to compete with specialist single asset class research firms. Mercer's boutique divisions cover fixed income, equities, bonds, real estate ...

Select exits third party distribution

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009

... managing director. Robert Graham-Smith has been promoted to head of portfolio management and Michael Winchester to head of research.

Smaller funds lack risk reserves

MICHAEL HOBBS | TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009

... provide immediate access to funds to compensate members if a unit pricing error, system failure or fraud occurs. Mercer's research found a growing number of funds are establishing operational risk reserves but there is a gap between the larger and smaller ...

AXA Rosenberg launches EM strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 27 APR 2009

... Equity Trust. Sydney based, Kathryn McDonald, head of investments Australia/New Zealand at AXA Rosenberg, said the firm's research found a strong relationship between earnings and returns in emerging markets. The research found 20 per cent of companies ...

Frontier hires analyst

PRESS RELEASE | FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009

... intern at Ernst & Young. "Aaron will join Frontier's consulting team and be involved in both client work and investment research across a number of sectors," said Fiona Trafford-Walker, managing director at Frontier Investment Consulting. This news comes ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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