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Equipsuper to merge with Vision Super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... billion in funds under management (FUM). Once necessary licencing requirements are completed, both Equipsuper and Vision will focus their efforts on putting their investments into a combined super trust, called Pooled Super Pty Ltd (PSPL). Vision Super ...

Centric enhances direct equities services

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
Centric Wealth is building on its direct equities and individually managed account (IMA) capability following demand from its high net worth clients. John McMurdo, chief executive at Centric Wealth, said the planning group's high net worth clients are ...

AustralianSuper awards QIC $500m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
Australia's largest industry fund, the $30 billion-plus AustralianSuper, has poured $500 million into QIC Global Real Estate's QIC Property Fund - an investment that makes up 15.2 per cent of the super fund's total property portfolio. Announcing the ...

Investors get $250m compensation for crook advice

FSA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... risk. "We remain concerned that some [firms] continue to give poor advice. "Ignorance is no defence and we will continue to focus on the high risk firms through intensive supervision - we will not hesitate to take tough action against any firms that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... milestone of 1,200 during trading but closed just short of that mark. A loan agreement for Greece allowed US investors to focus on domestic economic and corporate news, including announcements of two big deals. European leaders agreed over the weekend ...

Former GSJBW partner starts hedge fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
Tim Hannon, the former head of real estate at Goldman Sachs, has set up a boutique fund management firm and launched the Evergreen Capital Australian Equities Return Fund. Hannon has 17 years of experience in investment and securities markets, including ...

Former St.George WM chief quits BT

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
BT Financial Group (BTFG) has restructured its senior executive team following the resignation of Geoff Lloyd, former chief executive of St.George Wealth Management and the group's general manager. The company statement did not disclose the reasons ...

Credit Suisse adds to transition team

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Credit Suisse has appointed Tom Wyse to the firm's pension strategies and transition management division. Wyse joins Credit Suisse from Deutsche Bank's portfolio trading and transition management team in Sydney, where he was involved with local super ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... five per cent in March. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was due in Beijing on Thursday to hold talks expected to focus on the yuan, with hopes that Beijing may allow its currency to appreciate. The United States and China's other key trading partners ...

Epoch focus on free cash flow pays dividends

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
New York Life Investments liked Epoch Investment Partners' free cash flow strategies so much they bypassed the norm of buying equity in the company or hiring them as a fund manager among many - opting instead to tie up a strategic partnership deal that ...