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Zurich eyes platforms for growth

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... two products represented - we want to expand it to three or four. "What we're doing over 2011 is starting to shift that focus a little bit from being so aggressive in adding new products, to actually look at the penetration of the products that we have ...

Founder of GSAM quant group to retire

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
Bob Jones, founding head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management global quantitative equity group in Australia, will be retiring from the firm at the end of the year, after 24 years with the company. S&P fund services subsequently confirmed that the ratings ...

M&A activity to decline: report

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... cent in April 2010 to 27 per cent in October. The report concluded that overall, investor and boardroom caution is pushing focus towards organic growth as opposed to inorganic growth and acquisition strategies. Additionally, the report predicted a continuation ...

Centric Wealth gears up for acquisitions

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
Dealer group Centric Wealth's acquisition pipeline has more than quadrupled in the last five months, with more planners keen to join the group, thanks to big league M&As bubbling in the market. Mergers such as AMP and AXA's present rare opportunities ...

Asgard ramps up ETFs and direct equities strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... million annual expenditure rate on fund product development across its investment platform in 2011. The group will also focus on adopting model portfolios while enhancing its existing insurance and master trust offerings, following a similar style to ...

Investors lose $7m in Qld scam

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
A group of Queensland-based investors learnt the hard way why they should avoid unlicensed financial advice providers after ASIC catches another $7 million scam. She was sentenced to six months imprisonment but entered into a recognisance in the sum ...

UBS promotes Rider to new head of inv strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... Solutions (GIS) team. This is the first senior appointment to the GIS team in Australia, which UBS said was a clear sign of its focus on multi-asset solutions business in this market, as opposed to those that simply focus on one asset class. Formerly ...

Former RetireInvest MD moves to Centric Wealth

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
Centric Wealth names former managing director of RetireInvest, Greg Dunger, as director of financial planning to head up Centric's financial planning business towards further growth. Dunger has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry ...

Cormann blasts ALP over default super

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... interests of the union movement, but is not necessarily in the public interest. The Productivity Commission is expected to focus its review on developing suitable objective criterea companies could use when appointing default super funds. However with ...

BT Wrap releases plain English investor guide

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... Investor Guide. Launched after six months of intensive customer research, the BT Wrap Investor Guide is part of BT Wrap's focus on innovation with the fund manager calling the new guide an "industry benchmark for investor disclosure." The new guide incorporates ...