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Mariner welcomes head of insto business

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
Mariner Financial has appointed Russell Investment Group's former senior institutional business development manager as its new head of institutional business. James Panaretos leaves Russell to join Mariner and brings with him more than 15 years of industry ...

Legg Mason FOHF rated four stars

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
Legg Mason's fund of hedge funds product the Legg Mason Permal Investment Holdings Trust has been awarded a four star rating from Standard & Poor's (S&P). S&P fund analyst, Lee Comper, said the rating was awarded on the back of a stable and highly experienced ...

GESB launches advice division for members

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
Western Australia's $8 billion public sector super fund GESB has launched a new financial advice service for members, with a former Mercer exec to head up the division. Former Mercer HR Consulting executive, Michael Heffernan, will head up the GESB ...

Vanguard grows marketing team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
Vanguard Investments Australia has appointed two new marketing and communications executives to report to head of marketing, Colin Bold. Jodie Levitski joins Vanguard as marketing communications and PR manager, bringing over 13 years experience to the ...

ING makes insurance faster for advisers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
ING is helping advisers write OneCare insurance faster by streamlining its desktop quotation software. Advisers will benefit from pre-populated application forms, automatically entering client details through ING's Dynamic Application software, part ...

Deutsche Xenon leveraged hedge fund recommended

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
The Xenon Alpha Plus3 (XAP3), the third Australian leveraged hedge fund from the Deutsche Xenon brand, has been rated 'recommended' by Zenith Investment Partners. In recommending the product, Ben Davis, senior investment analyst with Zenith, said the ...

ASIC revamps website

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has unveiled the first stages of its revamped website after feedback from site users. ASIC has revised the colour scheme and look of the site, as well as revising the site's navigation. There ...

Former IOOF head of retail joins S&P

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has appointed IOOF's former head of retail funds management as an executive in the investment services division. Jarrod Brown resigned from his position as head of retail funds management with IOOF in August last year. In his ...

Centro growing US footprint

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
Centro Properties Group (CNP) and Centro Retail Trust (CER) have succeeded in their $6.3 billion (US$5.0 billion) joint bid for US shopping centre owner and manager New Plan Excel Realty Trust. CNP will take a 64 per cent or $4 billion stake in New ...

Aussie reverse mortgages world's best

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
The Australian reverse mortgage sector is in its infancy but our products have evolved so fast they lead the world, said Martin Lynch, director of reverse mortgages at ABN AMRO. "It's only been really the last four years there have been products here ...