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Perennial gains intl insto mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
Perennial Investment Partners is attracting more investment mandates from offshore clients into its global property fund. Brian Thomas, head of retail funds management at Perennial, said the fund manager has focused on gaining more international investors ...

PIMCO Australia draws record $30bn FUM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... oft-quoted phrase, the markets entering the 'new normal' in returns. Proof of the fund's top quartile performance, the Australian Focus Fund returned 9.5 per cent last year, more than double its benchmark's return. Meanwhile, the Global Credit Fund ...

PM Capital eyes insto market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
PM Capital, the award-winning fund founded by ex-Bankers Trust fund manager Paul Moore, is pushing into the wholesale investor market. Chris Donohoe, chief executive at PM Capital, said he is meeting with asset consultants and other institutions to ...

BUSS(Q) hires advice and contributions manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... advice manager and contributions arrears manager. BUSS(Q) has appointed Southwood as financial advice manager. Southwood will focus on ensuring BUSS(Q)'s financial advice service continues to meet members' needs. He was previously with Q Invest for 7 ...

Babson Capital targets growth in Oz

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... growth strategy. "We're starting to see things pick up in the [PE] market... the new team we put together will [especially focus] on the second half of this year as the private equity market gets busier," he said. Meanwhile the long term plans for Babson ...

ASX targets ETF growth market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... deep and broad in terms of the range of ideas," said Murphy. "We are planning for the next three years and ETFs are a key focus in our business plan in terms of ramping up what we currently do." He said the business would focus on producing more education ...

Make a pledge to grow your super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
The $7 billion HOSTPLUS has launched a new campaign encouraging members to "pledge to do one thing for their super" in an effort to rouse them to add more to their accounts. Wayne Sullivan, executive manager of marketing at HOSTPLUS, said the campaign ...

Asteron creates new dealership role

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... strategy helping drive its online application service, Lifeguard EQ and risk product Lifeguard. This promotion means Mohr will focus on developing relationships with AFSLs and the implementation of Asteron strategy at both a national and state-based ...

Risk commission debate heats up

RUTH LIEW AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... consumers and is not simply preserving insidious sources of revenue for financial planners," argued Whiteley. Fuelling the focus on risk commissions is APRA reporting that aggregate life insurance commissions are significantly higher than commission ...

ING focuses on executive governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
Following public outrage against big financial institutions acting irresponsibly, Europe-based ING Group's top 200 managers have signed a company memorandum that binds them to act with integrity at all times. Signatories to the principle's vow to act ...