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Zenith wins clients and adds to team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... on the direct property front, we did on an ad hoc basis between David [Smythe] and myself but it hasn't been a dedicated focus like it will now," he said. In addition, the firm hired Miller as an investment analyst. Miller previously worked at financial ...

No bad news is no news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
What's this? No headlines on yesterday's all-important Australian Labour Force report? Australian newspapers have relegated yesterday's Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) employment report to their inside pages. Since November last year, the media ...

Asia FMs to wield more power

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... agreements and competition dynamics more than they have ever been in a position to before. "While fund executives today focus on deepening challenges in the near-term, some are seeing the opportunity to reposition their firms for a greater share of gains ...

Accelerate to improve tele-underwriting

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... year, Yardley hopes Accelerate will be able to make 100 per cent of all these decisions in under three days. Another key focus for Tower this year is embarking on ways to leverage Accelerate's capabilities into other areas of its business. The process ...

Africa wants slice of bail-out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... Region at a video press conference from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ezekwesili said it was important for wealthier nations not to focus on "insular" domestic responses to the crisis. World Bank president Robert Zoellick has earlier called for donor countries ...

AFM hires RI expert

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
AFM Investment Partners hired Gordon Noble as head of responsible investment. Noble is a principal at Sydney based specialist consulting firm, Responsible Investment Consulting and also acts as project manager for the up and coming Responsible Investment ...

Future Fund seek RI and IT professionals

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... with acceptable risk, while having regard to best practice corporate governance principles," said the fund. Key areas of focus include developing an overarching responsible investment framework, managing the fund's voting rights, guiding the fund's approach ...

No mandate terminations: Hostplus

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... reiterates that timing the market is not something that should be practiced among super funds, as their mandates are to focus on long term returns. The real issue, is how much courage and tolerance a fund or trustee board has to ride out the current ...

FT opens Malaysian office

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... savings rate and current account surplus, which should enable it to weather the current financial crisis," he said. "Given our focus on attractively valued companies with strong fundamentals in Asia and across emerging markets, we are excited about the ...

SA and QLD scoop Hillross awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... winners were focussed on reassuring and informing their clients. "The [awards program] has evolved to reflect Hillross' focus on professional advice and quality service. This is particularly important in the current market environment," said McMurdo. ...