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S&P places AMP responsible funds 'on hold'

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has placed three of AMP Capital Investors' Responsible Investment Leaders (RIL) fund 'on hold' due to concerns with high staff turnover. This means the RIL Australian fund, RIL International fund, and RIL Balanced fund ...

Solaris hires ex-Suncorp ESG manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
Solaris Investment Management has appointed former Suncorp portfolio specialist, Lisa Domagala, to focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Domagala has previously worked at McIntosh Hamson Hoare Govett, now Merrill Lynch, and also ...

DST upgrades transaction service

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... to a spokesperson, the AWD technology is available in platforms in Australia and there is local demand for this latest release. "The multiple levels of benefit that AWD10 affords make it a compelling enhancement for our client base," said Mathieson.

AMP Cap maintains high tenancy rate

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
AMP Capital Investors have retained three major tenants for their Bridge Street building in Sydney, keeping the vacancy rate of the AMP Capital Wholesale Office fund more than four times lower than the Australian average. Baker & McKenzie, Bupa Australia ...

Global investors push for corruption info

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
A coalition of international fund managers, pension funds and super funds representing more than $1.7 trillion have written to 21 major companies urging them to improve their disclosure of bribery and corruption risks. The investors asked companies ...

Henderson Maxwell pours $100m into MAs

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
Henderson Maxwell has transitioned $100 million into the Henderson Maxwell Managed Account Service for its clients. The managed account service has enabled Henderson Maxwell to deliver portfolios to clients that consist of Australian listed securities ...

Norway pension manager expands into Singapore

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, has expanded operations to Singapore to get closer to the region it invests 10 per cent of its funds. The Singapore office will focus on investment and trading ...

Alpha Fund Managers signs Amundi

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
Alpha Fund Managers has added Amundi VaR8 Absolute Return Strategy to its multi-manager lineup. Richard Borysiewicz, chief executive at Amundi Asset Management Australia, said the VaR8 strategy was launched in 2007 and has more than $60 million in funds ...

Cuscal opens FX payment platform

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
Cuscal has teamed up with J.P. Morgan to provide its retail financial institution clients with a platform to assist with the payment and receipt of foreign currency. The wholesale transactional services provider, which services the majority of Australia's ...

MLC appoints Bleakley as external director

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
MLC has appointed former ING Financial Planning and RetireInvest board member, David Bleakley, as external director to its advice & licences board. Bleakley has more than 30 years experience in wealth management and is a seasoned non-executive director. ...