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Schroders appoints analyst

Schroder Investment Management Australia has appointed Gregg Taylor as analyst in Australian equities, making the group's domestic equities team one of the largest in the market. Taylor's appointment increases the headcount to 14, well above the industry ...

Snowball boosts FUA by $300m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
Snowball Group has posted it half year results with a boost in funds under advice by $300 million to $4.9 billion over six-month period to December last year. The company's earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) increased 27 per cent to $5.1 million ...

Partners unveils new legal division

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
Victoria-based financial services firm Partners has expanded its operations to the legal sector with the appointment of Peter Gandolfo as managing director of its new legal arm, Partners Legal. Gandolfo is a barrister, solicitor and former president ...

Ibbetson leaves S&P

Simon Ibbetson, Standard & Poor's director of investment consulting and Veronica Klaus, associate director of investment consulting have resigned and will join asset consulting group Grove Research & Advisory. Ibbetson and Klaus will be leaving the ...

Future Fund to become top insto

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
The Future Fund has signed up Vanguard, State Street, CFS GAM and QIC as its debut investment managers, but there's more to come as the fund strives to become the country's "leading institutional investor". Speaking at the 2008 Asset Allocation Summit ...

Westpac Staff Super awards $50m to HFA

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
Westpac Staff Superannuation Fund (WSSF) yesterday awarded a $50 million investment mandate to absolute return fund manager, HFA Asset Management. This is the first mandate awarded to HFA from WSSF, and the funds will be invested in HFA's diversified ...

Russell combines retail and insto

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
Russell Investment Group has merged its Australian and New Zealand institutional and retail businesses under the Investor Services banner. Former head of Russell's retail investor services, Chris Corneil, has been appointed head of the Investor Services ...

IFFP diverts commissions to charity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
Industry Funds Financial Planning (IFFP) is donating sales commissions that cannot be rebated back to clients to an Indian charity project called Too Young to Work. Established in 1997, Too Young to Work aims to support education in India by building ...

Challenger on course

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
Challenger Financial Planning's decision to change its strategy has been vindicated after its 2008 first half earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) increased by 67 per cent to $5 million compared to the previous period. In February last year, Challenger's ...

Comm Bank appoints lending head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
The Commonwealth Bank has appointed John Clothier to head of investment lending within the Colonial Geared Investments division. Clothier will manage the distribution of Colonial Geared Investments products including Colonial Margin Loan, CALIA+ and ...