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JANA names new chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... remain based in Melbourne. "These changes will enable us to build on our record of out performance and also reflects our focus on the importance of having a strong succession plan in place," he said.

Future Fund investment team expands

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... Tohmatsu in Melbourne and New York. Duncan Graham will start his role as senior analyst, private markets in April with a focus on property and will report to Barry Brakey. Graham previously worked with Brakey at Pinnacle Property Group. Andrew Pearse ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after base metal prices gained in London overnight and on a positive lead from Wall Street. At 0701 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index futures contract was up 12 points ...

BGI rated five-star: S&P

... Quant peer-group managers. "Our five-star rating on BGI reflects the manager's ability to consistently outperform, and its focus on controlling risk and transaction costs. BGI are at the forefront of developing innovative investment ideas and applying ...

Vietnam the next LPT hotspot

... years. The theme of local LPT managers going overseas will continue. "We expect many Australian REIT managers to continue to focus on unlisted REITS in the Australian market and to look off-shore for investment opportunities," said Susan Burns, partner ...

Schroders buys Swiss Re

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
Global asset management firm Schroders has confirmed it is acquiring Swiss third party fund manager Swiss Re Asset Management Funds (Switzerland) AG. The sale will see Schroders scoop up Swiss Re's nearly $1.97 billion of asset under management as at ...

Future Fund to adopt ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... governance principles in its investment decision-making". But the fund said yesterday that ESG was an area that it intended to focus on in the immediate future. "We are looking at ESG issues in 2008 so it's on our agenda and radar. There are a lot of ...

Rev mortgages new sales down 10pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... crunch] continues in the second half of the year then you would expect those same levels to continue." Dell said SEQUAL would focus on reverse mortgage education of financial planners and lawyers in the next 12 months.

St George appoints margin lending head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... medium term we expect it to grow very strongly," he said. Developing a superannuation gearing product would be the division's focus in the coming months, said Curry. He said investor education also would remain the division's imperative. "In January ...

ITG focuses on after-tax benchmarks

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
Finance technology firm Investment Technology Group (ITG) has found a way to combine advanced technology with improved market data quality to make customised after-tax benchmarks a reality. According to ITG product manager for market data analytics ...