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EQT and PIMCO get van Eyk tick

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... The EQT PIMCO Global Credit Fund received van Eyk's highest AA rating, while the newly established EQT PIMCO Australian Focus Fund received an A rating. A number of global and domestic fund managers were formally considered in the review. This was the ...

Oasis adds two groups and recovers FUM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Oasis Asset Management is set to increase the number of active financial planners on its platform by 60 per cent after signing on two new dealer groups and, in six months, saw funds under management (FUM) jump from $3.5 billion to $5.4 billion. Oasis ...

BGI iShares opens capital markets division

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... competitively. The Hong Kong-based division will work with iShares dealers and market makers across the Asia Pacific. It will focus on counterparty management and client service including market making activities and broker-dealer education. This division ...

Cbus and ARIA looking to hire

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... policy - a Melbourne-based role that will see the manager reporting directly to Cbus chief executive, David Atkin. The main focus of the role is to manage external developments within public policy and assist Cbus in navigating through strategic policy-based ...

ThreeSixty Research signs on Zenith

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... based on leveraging external research and marrying that with the firm's internal research capability. "This enables us to focus our in-house research efforts on specialised research services, such as portfolio construction guidance (across both equities ...

Sunsuper grows member appeal through advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... looking at other ways enhance the product. "We're interested in the variable annuities space. I think there is an emerging focus on that area in terms of taking away some investment and longevity risk," he said.

Consultants back super communication

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
Asset consultants are doubling their efforts to provide education material to super fund members, as funds ramp up their commitment to allay members' worries in a post GFC world, said an industry expert. Paul Ireland, general manager of MLC Implemented ...

Guardian appoints regional manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
Guardian Financial Planning has appointed former Firstchoice national manager Jason Jones as its new regional development manager for Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. "Jason has a strong background in business development and managing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... recession. In Japan, dealers also focused on the launch of a new centre-left government under Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. Focus will be on the new government and its policies for the coming days, analysts said. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index rose ...

CalPERS endorses best practice in PE

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
CalPERS is taking a stronger stance in its private equity investments after endorsing a set of principles to promote transparency and alignment of interests in PE deals. In a press statement, the $229 billion California Public Employees' Retirement ...