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Tracking hedge fund fees

RUTH LIEW | FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009

Investors may be asking questions about the amount of performance fees received by hedge fund managers but the real focus should be on the benchmarks and how often these fees are being paid, according to an industry expert. Kim Ivey, chairman of the ...

Cuscal hires customers GM

COMPANY RELEASE | WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009

... an honours degree in law from Queensland University of Technology and an MBA from the University of Melbourne. Lovney's focus in leading Cuscal's Customers' division is to understand the needs of Cuscal's customers and future markets, and to align our ...

IG Markets offers more transparency

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009

... "pricing transparency" was a critical issue for many CFD traders. "We've done a lot of research, including one through our focus group, and one of the feedbacks we got was this perception of a lack of transparency," said Tamas Szabo, the group's chief ...

AUI adds three

COMPANY RELEASE | TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009

Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has made three new appointments, including the creation of a new position of capital markets manager. Carolyn Ireland has been appointed as capital markets manager, Linda D'Intino as senior compliance manager, and ...

BNY Mellon launches Ankura Capital

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009

... environment, you can have so many tragic blind spots," said Vaughan. "So we go about ranking stocks in a very systematic way but we focus a lot of our energy in thinking where that systematic process is not going to work, and in those situations, how ...

DC plans to axe managers

RUTH LIEW | MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009

... or 39 per cent of participating firms had already ditched underperforming managers. "DC plan sponsors' primary areas of focus in 2009 are fund manager performance and due diligence," said Lucas. Communication strategies are also expected to come into ...

Challenger commits to annuities

RUTH LIEW | MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009

... meet demand. "We... expect there will be further opportunities to expand our annuities portfolio, and we'll continue to focus our funds management operations around areas of competitive advantage," he said. Stevens said the full reinvestment of the Metlife ...

Boutiques hire ex-Macq BDMs

MEDIA RELEASES | MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009

Boutique firms Instreet and Integrity Investment Management have appointed ex-Macquarie Bank business development managers to similar roles in their respective businesses. Instreet hired Gabriel Carey and Susanne Bransgrove as senior business development ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009

The Australian share market is expected to open lower after US markets fell on scepticism about the effectiveness of a US stimulus plan and more gloomy economic news. At 0739 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 22 points ...

Perpetual appoints new staff, Walsh exits

RUTH LIEW | FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009

Perpetual has appointed new staff to its institutional sales and service team, while senior executive Justin Walsh resigns. Daniel Campbell has been promoted to general manager for global equities institutional sales and service, Asia Pacific. Campbell ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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