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Fund managers bullish on Asian bonds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
Despite fund managers remaining neutral on both equities and bonds for Q4, 75% are overweight on hard currency Asian bonds, according to HSBC's latest global manager survey. High yield bonds (90% overweight) and global emerging market bonds (70% overweight) ...

netwealth launches global trading on platforms

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
Independently owned platform provider netwealth has launched an international securities offering that gives access to securities listed on 10 global exchanges to retail investors via its Wrap and Superannuation platforms. The offer allows the investor ...

Australia can't afford complacency: Murray

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
Former Future Fund chairman David Murray has warned that Australia is far too dependent on the rest of the world for both trade and capital to be assured of avoiding a European-style crisis. Speaking to the ABC last night, Murray said a downturn of ...

Vanguard makes index switch

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
In the largest international index provider benchmark switch ever, Vanguard is moving six international stock index funds from MSCI to FTSE and 16 US stock and balanced index funds to new benchmarks developed by the University of Chicago. Robin Bowerman ...

Cambooya appoints new CEO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
Fairfax family office Cambooya Services has appointed a new chief executive following the departure of Peter Roach in July this year. Jenny Wheatley assumed the role of CEO of Cambooya Services in August. She has additionally taken the role of CEO for ...

Fix philanthropy from ground up: FYA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
The Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) has launched a new placement program for the younger generations of family foundations and PAFs designed to ignite philanthropic interest. The Immerse program involves taking six to eight people between the ...

Two execs depart Telstra Super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
Two executives are to depart the marketing and HR functions of Australia's largest corporate superannuation fund. Cameron Hill, product and marketing manager at Telstra Super will move to OnePath in the coming weeks while Diana Maloney, general manager ...

Find super savings in public sector: Sherry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
Former Rudd-government minister for superannuation Nick Sherry has advocated scrapping remaining defined benefit schemes for public servants and finding necessary savings by reducing public sector contributions instead of making cuts to broader super ...

BTIM makes three hires

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
BT Investment Management (BTIM) has made three appointments to its Wholesale Sales Team. Formerly with BNP Paribas Investment Partners, Nick Mitchell joins as state manager for Victoria and South Australia with responsibility for managing relationships ...

Credit Suisse fined by ASIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
Credit Suisse Equities has paid $52,000 to ASIC for interference in market integrity due to use of the wrong trading strategy in its automated order processing system. The infringement occurred last May when a client erroneously initiated an unintended ...
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