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Staff upheaval at BTIM

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
Two senior portfolio managers are set to leave BT Investment Management (BTIM), it was revealed last week. Scott Osborne, who manages two income strategies, will leave the fund manager while Jack Chemello, who co-manages three Australian equity funds ...

NabInvest adds credit start-up to boutique stable

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
NabInvest has added a ninth fund to its portfolio of boutiques, sealing a partnership with Wiltshire Capital, a new start-up credit fund backed by industry heavyweights. NAB's incubation arm has acquired a non-controlling minority equity holding in ...

BlackRock to expand retail arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
BlackRock plans to add to staff numbers while expanding its separately managed account (SMA) business next year, said Scott Phillips, BlackRock's head of retail. In response to the recent departures of two members of the research team, Phillips said ...

AMP appoints director of advice

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
AMP Financial Services head of paraplanning, Scott Machin, has been promoted to the newly created role of director of advice. Machin will be in charge of paraplanning, product research, advice solutions and TapIn (adviser technical support) for AMP ...

Mercer planning chief joins Yellow Brick Road

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
Yellow Brick Road Wealth Management has appointed Scott Walters, former head of financial planning at Mercer Wealth Solutions, to the role of retail head of financial planning. Walters will be responsible for leading and growing all aspects of the retail ...

Takeover will not affect client funds: Perpetual

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts' bid for Perpetual only involves shares in Perpetual Limited - and does not give the private equity firm access to client funds, the chairman of the committee overseeing the takeover deal told investors. "I would like to stress ...

Signposts to high yield

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
Russell Australia High Dividend Index's top ten holdings was dominated by financial stocks but property trusts are emerging as attractive high-yield stocks. The Russell Australia High Dividend Index (RAHDI) includes Australian blue-chip companies with ...

KKR bids for Perpetual

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) has made a takeover bid for Perpetual. According to an ASX statement this morning, Perpetual announced KKR approached the firm to buy all of Perpetual's shares at a price of $38 to $40 per share. ...

Borysiewicz exits, Amundi names new chief

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
Amundi Asset Management has appointed Schroder Investment Management head of sales, Brian Scott, as the new country head and chief executive, following the departure of former CEO, Richard Borysiewicz. Scott spent three and a half years as head of sales ...

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' ...