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BlackRock tops diversified funds review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
BlackRock Investment Management is the only fund manager to receive a 'highly recommended' rating from Lonsec in its diversified funds sector review. Deanne Fuller, investment analyst at Lonsec, said the fund manager's rating was upgraded from last ...

Bell Direct appoints head of BD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... Master Stockbroker member of the Securities & Derivatives Industry Association and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Frontier hires Unisuper analyst

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
Frontier Investment Consulting appointed former senior investment analyst at UniSuper, Brett Chatfield, as an associate consultant. Chatfield worked at UniSuper in the fund's public markets team and, prior to that position, he worked at Lonsec Securities ...

Actuaries call for advice 'stress test'

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
The Institute of Actuaries of Australia is calling for the introduction of a 'personal stress test' that would measure the impact of adverse events on a person's financial position to be part of the advice process. As part of its submission to the Ripoll ...

Mammoth super data creates operational risk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... one third of respondents finding it difficult to achieve data storage goals in the short-term. The research also found company expenditure on data storage is also expected to remain stable or rise in the next two years, but more than half expect that ...

Super fund tech still lags: KPMG

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
Plum Superannuation, Mercer Super Trust, REST and First State Super are among the top funds using the internet to provide online services to members, but many are still behind when it comes to real-time processing, noted a KPMG report. KPMG's recently ...

E*Trade and Praemium in biggest tax report rollout

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
ASX-listed Australian portfolio administration provider Praemium Limited has completed its largest deployment of tax reports to date with the release of E*TRADE's Tax Tool Standard service to its customers. The service was deployed to all E*TRADE active ...

Fear not a rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... November last year. Productivity jumped to an annualised rate of 6.4 per cent in the second quarter - explains the good company reporting season. And lastly, annual CPI inflation fell by 2.1 per cent in July - the fifth consecutive month of deflation. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... Ltd and BlueScope Steel Ltd releasing their annual results. Annual results are also due from private health insurance company NIB Holdings Ltd, Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund, Austin Engineering Ltd and The Mac Services Group Ltd. On Friday ...

AMP Capital Investors block poor corp governance

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... half year to June 30 helps illustrate how a fund manager can help empower the investors they represent by voting against company resolutions that could, in fact, destroy shareholder value over the long term. For example, over the past six months, the ...