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Japanese sign on to Aussie services provider

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
An Australian software and services provider's investment management system has been selected by one of Japan's largest asset managers, Nissay Asset Management (NAM) to streamline its funds management operations onto one integrated platform. Charles ...

Forget industry funds, focus on advice: AFA

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has implored the advice community to forget any factional fighting with industry funds and put the value of advice squarely back into the spotlight. AFA chief executive officer, Richard Kilipin, said the financial ...

Asteron launches income product for 80s and over

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
Promina Group's financial services business Asteron yesterday launched an income stream product aimed at those 80 and over, designed to kick in when retirement savings start to dwindle. Designed to complement the pension, the Asteron Longevity Income ...

B&B makes power play for utilities assets

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
Babcock & Brown (B&B) has continued on the power utilities acquisition trail and completed the buy out of NRG Energy's South Australian based power assets, NRG Flinders. B&B paid $317 million for all of the group's issued share capital and shareholder ...

Pengana portfolio manager steps down

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
Pengana Capital's portfolio manager for its listed property trusts has decided to leave the group. Ern Koh, who is portfolio co-manager of the group's listed property trusts along with Mark Thorpe-Apps, has resigned from his post with the Australian ...

Perpetual adds to Canberra private client team

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
Perpetual has appointed a former St.George Bank financial planner to the role of senior manager private clients in Canberra. Trudy Heins, who has held roles as a financial planner with St.George Bank, Colonial and the State Bank of NSW and is also the ...

DeAM chases alpha in fixed income

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
The alpha trend has stepped neatly over to the fixed income space, with Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) being the latest fund manager to announce the roll-out of a new high yield fixed income fund. The announcement comes only a week after global fund ...

Challenger board adds two

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
The Packer seeded funds management venture Challenger Financial Services has appointed two independent non-executive directors to its board. Recruitment and human resources entrepreneur Sarina Russo, managing director of the Sarina Russo Group, will ...

Praemium to access UK's wealthiest through Lloyd's

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
Listed portfolio administration provider Praemium will provide services to the UK's wealthiest private investors through a new distribution deal signed with Argenta Private Capital. Praemium has appointed UK based Lloyd's adviser Argenta to distribute ...

CFS adds to sales team

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
Colonial First State has added to its insurance products distribution team in New South Wales. Both Hannah Dickin and Michaela Bryan will join the group as Business Development Associates and report to NSW senior manager Chris Blaxland-Walker. Business ...