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Superannuation

Clitheroe and Kelty honoured

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Financial services stalwarts Bill Kelty and Paul Clitheroe were recognised in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours List for their contributions to the finance industry.

Syndicated loan market contracts by half

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Syndicated lending by Australian banks fell by around half during the March 2008 quarter, in one measure of the restricted availability of corporate credit since the global credit crunch emerged in mid 2007.

ING A rejects munitions claims

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
ING Australia has hit back at claims that it invests in companies that manufacture cluster munitions, stating it applied strict standards that prevented investments in such practices and that it is already a signatory of the Equator Principles.

Future Fund to release quarterly public reports

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
With the Future Fund's investment strategy falling into place, it has advised parliament that in the new financial year it will be begin releasing quarterly public reports.

Sunsuper teams with Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
Sunsuper has engaged Mercer to provide investment consulting advice and supplement their expanding in-house investment team.

AUSfund signs on more funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
The unclaimed super advertising campaign has successfully highlighted the issue of loss super among Australia after more than 60 superannuation funds nominated AUSfund as their preferred Eligible Rollover Fund (ERF).

Grant Samuel buys Tribeca stake

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
Grant Samuel Funds Management has bought Octaviar's equity stake in boutique Australian equity fund manager, Tribeca Investment Partners.

Industry super funds spearhead recovery

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
MTAA Super, Westscheme and Cbus Super lead the pack of best performing default investment options for workplace superannuation funds over a three year period to April this year, according to Rainmaker Information data.

FTSE100 shines in ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
FTSE100 companies received the thumbs up from an ethical investment researcher, which found a four-fold increase in UK companies with 'exceptional' green policies last year compared to four years ago.

Allianz opens Mid East office and funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
Allianz Global Investors is opening an office in Bahrain and launching two Shariah compliant equity funds to extend its investment and product distribution capabilities to the oil rich countries of the Middle East.