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Industry goes live with Rainmaker ITV

... slivercasting are phenomenal - video heavy sites in the US are doubling their audiences every quarter," said Forrester Research managing director Peter Carr. "I would rather gnaw my arm than quilt but quiltTV.com for example has 22 million members. Those ...

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2006

... Business Development Manager of the Year (researchers choice) - Vincent lo blanco, director, investment consultants and research houses, Merrill Lynch Investment Management. * Rainmaker Business Development Manager of the Year (financial planners choice) ...

Emerging markets out, Japan in

The latest weekly report by US-based Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR) revealed that investors are bailing out of the market with $10 billion of outflows on equity funds tracked by the group in the week ending May 24. The research firm also reported ...

INVESCO global funds back to four stars

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
INVESCO has had the ratings on its Global Matrix Funds reinstated to four stars by Navigator Research, after the funds were placed on hold due to staff departures. Navigator said it originally placed the funds on hold due to two of the three member ...

Plum head of business departs

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
... next month. Alex Kleiman, who helped grow the group following its full acquisition by MLC in 2003, will leave to join research house Chant West Financial Services (Chant West) at the end of June. Kleiman, who has been with the NAB/MLC owned Plum for ...

Common sense rules in portfolio construction

Investors should not abandon a common sense approach to managing their portfolio after new academic research found that many claims about the superior portfolio construction of fund managers can not be statistically tested or verified. Steve Christie ...

SA based Prescott expands into Sydney

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
... Jackie and Peter to give our firm an immediate and strong presence in Sydney," said White. Prescott will leverage its research resources based in Adelaide, where it has over 90 employees and 26 advisers, to offer advice on wealth management, portfolio ...

More control over currency: SSgA

... fund which wanted an alternative to traditional passive or highly active, higher risk hedging strategies. "Decades of research by the global investment industry has failed to reach a consensus on an optimal long-term static hedge ratio," said Chris Loong ...

Austcorp debentures get thumbs up from Lonsec

Diversified property group Austcorp plans to raise $30 million through a debenture product that has gained an 'investment grade' rating from Lonsec. Austcorp's managing director Peter Aubort said the proceeds of the debenture issue would be used for ...

Consulting market tipped for further consolidation

... Kate Hage Correction BT Investment Solutions remains committed to Intech and retains Intech to advise it on fund manager research and selection. BT Investment Solutions has not appointed Russell, nor is it in discussions to do so. In addition, to correct ...