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Zurich sales head joins Perpetual

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... includes $900 million of funds from the acquisition of advice businesses Grosvenor Financial Services and Fordham Business Advisors. Private wealth's revenue increased by nearly $26 million to $111.6 million, up 30 per cent up from the prior year. Perpetual ...

Borysiewicz exits, Amundi names new chief

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... half years as head of sales at Schroders. Prior to that, he worked as head of institutional sales at State Street Global Advisors, where he was also head of consultant relations. This follows stints at Colonial First State, National Mutual and Towers ...

PAS taps direct property, shifts bonds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... international to a local focus, the firm also awarded $50 million into a hedge fund of funds with Connecticut-based K2 Advisors earlier this year. PAS, which manages the investments of three sub-funds - Accountants Super, Australian Enterprise Super ...

Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... would unleash another bomb (quantitative easing 2) in the currency markets gathered pace after the ADP/Macroeconomic Advisors reported that private payrolls fell by 39,000 in September - lower than expectations for a 20,000 gain and the first drop since ...

CalPERS shifts $1bn to GID

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... investment officer, real estate. GID has managed CalPERS Windsor Realty Fund III LP since 1998 while BlackRock Realty Advisors managed the Western Multifamily LLC. The Western Multifamily LLC will now be managed by GID. Post-consolidation, GID will have ...

SSgA hires NYSE exec to join ETF team

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
State Street Global Advisors has appointed the former global head of exchange traded funds of the New York Stock Exchange as managing director and global head of ETF product development. In this new role, Ebner will be based in State Street Global Advisors' ...

LGS appoints managers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... fund's risks, design and operating effectiveness of key controls. Former managing director of Innovest Strategic Value Advisors Asia Pacific, Bill Hartnett, is sustainability manager and reports to LGS' chief investment officer, Craig Turnbull. Within ...

Plus Capital signs third distribution deal

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... is Plus Capital's third since launching in 2009, following agreements with insurance linked securities fund Sequaero Advisors and fund-of-funds Hermes BPK. A spokesperson for the company said a fourth deal in the high yield space will be announced in ...

SSgA ETF targets high yields

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
State Street Global Advisors has launched an Australian ETF aimed at investors looking for high yield. SSgA has introduced the SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield ETF, which seeks to provide investors with high and sustainable dividends. ...

ARIA chief rejoins State Street

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
Outgoing ARIA chief executive Lochiel Crafter is returning to State Street Global Advisors as head of investments for Asia Pacific. Crafter announced last month that he was leaving ARIA after joining the fund in May 2008. In the newly created role at ...