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Blood and Gore fund sustainable

It is a fund that's been labelled 'future-proof' and has 'performance with principles' and now mum-and-dad investors in Australia can invest in Generation Investment Management (GIM), co-founded by ex-Goldman Sachs CEO David Blood and former US vice ...

Vanguard takes top honours at Rainmaker Marketing Awards

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
Vanguard's Colin Bold has taken out the award for Marketer of the Year at the 2007 Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards.

Aon renews vows with AIG

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
Aon Master Trust has signed a new three year agreement with AIG Life, extending the company's seven year partnership as group insurance partner.

BT replaces Intech with Watson Wyatt

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
BT Financial Group has contracted Watson Wyatt as an independent investment consultant and fund manager researcher, replacing Intech Investment Consultants.

Hedge and non-hedge collide

Investment portfolios would become increasingly more complex as both traditional and hedge fund styles of investing continue to merge, said Jeff Rogers, chief investment officer at ipac Securities.

B&B, Primelife form largest retirement fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
Primelife, Australia's largest retirement village provider, yesterday announced a joint venture with Babcock and Brown to create Australia's largest listed senior living specialist fund - Babcock & Brown Communities Group (BBC).

Aussie businesses still risky: Deloitte

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
Nearly 60 per cent of Australian businesses still lack adequate risk management and training, according to a spot poll of 50 top 100 ASX and government organisations conducted by Deloitte last week.

Fidelity responds to Darfur campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
Fidelity Investments is beginning to divest its Sudanese holdings following pressure from interest groups that include the Save Darfur Coalition (SDC) which launched an aggressive TV, mobile billboard and transit station advertising campaign criticising ...

ING launches new research arm

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
ING has spun off its long-running research arm into a separate company, Financial Facts, aiming to provide client and adviser-focused research for advisers, fund managers and other research houses.

GESB aligns with foreign bank for member services

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
Western Australia's flagship public sector super fund GESB has negotiated an alliance with the HSBC group to provide banking and financial services to its members including home and personal loans and credit cards.