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New business head at Legg Mason

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... Titchkosky, relationship manager in Legg Mason Australia's distribution team. Titchkosky will be based in Melbourne and focus on the institutional marketplace.

Recovery in securitised assets mask long term problems

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... per cent share reported last year. In 1997 residential mortgages accounted for two-thirds. Despite the increasing public focus on securitisers moving towards portfolios comprising personal loans and credit cards, these loan types continue to account ...

BT and Asgard to lead platform market

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
Nearly one third of all Australian financial planners will call the combined BT/Asgard their primary platform should the Westpac and St.George merger come to fruition. Westpac and St.George yesterday signed a merger implementation agreement - taking ...

HSBC names new head in personal fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
HSBC has appointed Graham Heunis as head of personal financial services in Australia. Heunis will be responsible for HSBC's retail bank as well as its consumer finance and cards operations in Australia. He was previously responsible for HSBC's retail ...

Nicholas Applegate ramps up global strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... strategies to lure business from Australian clients. The diversified global investment company has confirmed that it is going to focus on marketing its Global Select, Global Equity 130/30 and Emerging Markets Systematic strategies in Australia to attract ...

Macquarie launches defensive options

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... investors to direct any surplus cash from their CMT into the Macquarie Cash. "During the current period of volatility the focus on cash has increased and demand for new, market leading products, that are low risk and consistent in income, has also risen," ...

Zurich creates investment and life account role

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... role of national key accounts manager of its Investments and Life Risk divisions. The role was created to provide a greater focus on the relationship between the firm and its key accounts. Langton previously worked at Asgard Wealth Solutions as NSW regional ...

Lehman realigns to focus globally

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
Lehman Brothers has shifted to a global fixed income management strategy forcing them to abandon their Australian focused funds. "We will no longer be managing Australian based fixed income assets for our clients," said the firm in a statement. "[However] ...

Australians wary of advice commissions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... that there should be a law requiring financial advisers to "provide advice only in their clients' best interests". "The focus of the poll is to look at the commission system itself. This commission system and the way that planners are remunerated is ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
The Australian share market was lower at noon, led by Macquarie Group, which hinted that its record annual profit may not be repeated due to volatile financial markets. The miners also fell after industrial metals prices declined overnight. At 1200 ...