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Eaton Vance acquires $16bn fund manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... Fund (later renamed the Calvert Balanced Portfolio) was the first mutual fund to oppose investments in apartheid-era South Africa. Calvert provides actively and passively-managed US equity, global equity and fixed income strategies. Should the acquisition ...

Former Russell CEO joins MLC trustee board

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... services career, Alan worked for various petrochemical enterprises as a design engineer in Australia, UK, USA and South Africa, before working for McKinsey & Co. In his role at NULIS, Schoenheimer is also a member of the MLC Masterkey and Plum Superannuation ...

IRESS to buy data provider for $14m, hire 118 staff

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... has stated he will "pursue other personal interests." IRESS chief executive Andrew Walsh said: "IRESS' strategy in South Africa is to continue to expand its role as the essential provider of integrated trading, market data and wealth management solutions ...

IQ Group expands Australian presence

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... how to integrate our specialist consultant skills into the process and this is already in demand." With offices in South Africa and the United States, IQ Group helps clients prepare for industry and market change in the superannuation and wealth management ...

GBST closes international Composer deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
Financial technology provider GBST has secured a five-year contract to support an international client via its GBST Composer platform. The partnership will see GBST assisting an unnamed South African-owned retail investment business in boosting its ...

New Bentleys director to encourage growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... business advisory and management solutions." Van Deventer has international experience, beginning his career with one of South Africa's big four banks before moving into the private sector. "We are constantly evolving and broadening our service offering ...

IRESS profit up 15%

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... continue to experience strong levels of demand for IRESS solutions particularly in Australia, the United Kingdom and South Africa," IRESS chief executive Andrew Walsh said. In Australia and New Zealand operating revenue and segment profit both increased ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... and improving regulations that limit competition in food markets, could lift nearly half a million people in Kenya, South Africa and Zambia alone out of poverty and collectively save households in these countries over A$930 million a year. At the same ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... economies since the GFC with the biggest cutbacks in the European Union, the US, Russia, and Mexico. Canada, Turkey, and South Africa have meanwhile increased investment. McKinsey and Company said if the current trajectory of underinvestment continues ...

IOOF appoints direct equities head

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
IOOF has appointed a head of direct equities. Previously a senior equities analyst in the IOOF advice research team, Elan Miller will now oversee IOOF's direct equities research capabilities. Prior to joining IOOF in 2015, Miller was a portfolio manager ...