Friday, 12 December 2008
The Investments and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released a new guidance note to members with 'best practice' recommendations on how to value unlisted assets in the wake of the global financial crisis.
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Florida-based Enhanced Investment Technologies Investment Management (EITIM) has snagged the 'Quantitative Investment Manager of the Year' for 2008.
Read more »Thursday, 11 December 2008
Retail managed funds in Australia suffered nearly $80 billion in losses, according to data from Plan for Life.
Read more »Thursday, 11 December 2008
Plum Financial Services' new managing director Paul Carter flags plans to boost its communication campaign and delay some investment projects scheduled for next year to 2010 to steer Plum through a difficult 2009.
Read more »Thursday, 11 December 2008
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has launched a top performing Australian Equity Fund previously available to instos into the retail investor market.
Read more »Wednesday, 10 December 2008
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is urging financial services providers to invest more in staff and systems to deal with client complaints after it found a high 23 per cent increase in the number of new disputes this year.
Read more »Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Bellwether Partners has appointed AFM Investment Partners to source wholesale and institutional mandates.
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Ethical fund manager Hunter Hall gave $1.32 million to charity this year and will keep supporting charities next year, defying other businesses that have taken philanthropy out of their budget because of bad markets.
Read more »Tuesday, 9 December 2008
BNP Paribas Investment Partners has bought a 49 per cent stake in the Chilean based Banco del Estado de Chile (BancoEstado) asset management subsidiary Administradora General de Fondos.
Read more »Tuesday, 9 December 2008
State Street and the UK's $4 billion Pension Protection Fund (PPF) have renewed and extended their relationship to include risk analysis.
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