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Fin lit survey highlights deficit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
ANZ is set to launch a number of adult financial literacy programs after a survey revealed Australians with low levels of financial literacy make riskier investment decisions and probably won't seek professional financial advice. The report, which surveyed ...

UK fund seeks global eq manager

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
The $579 million Isle of Wight Council pension fund is seeking a global equities manager to manage up to 50 per cent of the fund's assets. The UK pension fund has put out a tender for one or more manages to manage the $290 million mandate. Although ...

Lonsec hires head of ratings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
Ratings house Lonsec has appointed Paul Pavlidis as head of ratings - equity managed funds. Pavlidis will begin his role next January and will be responsible for coordinating Lonsec's research of global and Australian equity managed funds. He will lead ...

Suncorp ripe for the picking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
Suncorp confirmed it has received several approaches from companies besides Commonwealth Bank interested in buying the banking and wealth management divisions of the group. The group advised its shareholders the approaches may or may not lead to formal ...

CBA buys BankWest and St Andrews

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has purchased BankWest and St Andrew's Australia for $2.1 billion. Commonwealth Bank is determined to keep its strong capital position and intends to fund the purchase price by undertaking a $2 billion accelerated ...

Back to basics for property

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
LandMark White Invest today unveilled the LMWI Diversified Property Fund - a debut offering that executes a low gearing, minimal risk approach to property investing. LMW Invest, a spin off from property valuation firm LandMark White group, secured the ...

UBank brand not quite ready for NAB

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
National Australia Bank chose the height of the second stage of the great credit crunch as the right time to introduce its alternative retail bank brand UBank to the Australian market. The first product for NAB's UBank is an aggressively priced three-month ...

Blue chip shares open to retail

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
J.P. Morgan has unveilled a new retail product for investors looking for structured investments that provide leveraged exposure to blue chip Aussie stocks. The new offering, J.P. Morgan's ASX 20+ Series 2, gives investors upside exposure to a portfolio ...

Australian Unity focuses on wellbeing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
Physical wellbeing is just as important as financial wellbeing so for healthcare services provider and fund manager Australian Unity, why not look after both? It's been a stomach-churning time for many companies, Australian Unity not least one of them. ...

Euro SRI market hits $4 trillion

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
A Eurosif report on asset managers and self managed asset owners found the sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) market across 13 European countries represents more than $4 trillion. Eurosif, the European equivalent of the Responsible Investment ...