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Ibbetson leaves S&P

... to a refocus of our advisory business on retail/wholesale clients," said S&P's spokesperson Chris Dalton. "S&P's future focus will be on fund ratings, research and providing advisory services to major financial planning groups such as CBA and St. George ...

Future Fund to become top insto

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... can to make us as attractive as possible as an investor to maximise our brand in the market," he said. The fund will also focus on long term or long-run, total portfolio risks and the ability to recognise uncertainty. "The clarity of our mandate really ...

Russell combines retail and insto

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
Russell Investment Group has merged its Australian and New Zealand institutional and retail businesses under the Investor Services banner. Former head of Russell's retail investor services, Chris Corneil, has been appointed head of the Investor Services ...

Challenger on course

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... adviser." He said the "industrialisation" of the financial planning division remained a work in progress. "[Challenger's] focus will be to continue to grow the income line and maintain cost discipline in order to maintain EBIT," Rogan said. In other ...

Asian REITs continue to sizzle

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
... nabCapital. "That said, many of these markets are emergent and therefore higher risk, causing medium to long term investors to focus on sectors with structural or cyclical prospects," said Roth. APREA has more than 120 members, many of them listed property ...

FPA takes it to the grassroots

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
... chairman of the council, which is scheduled to meet next week. Jo-Anne Bloch, FPA chief executive, said, "The Council will focus on raising awareness of financial planning as an exciting, rewarding and diverse career option," "We're targeting university ...

Russell names IC director

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
Global investment and superannuation firm Russell Investment Group has appointed former director of consulting for Russell Canada, Jim Franks, to the role of director, investment consulting in Australia. According to Andrew Lill, director of investment ...

BNY Mellon pursues advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
The adviser market has been singled out as the next hotspot for US bank-backed BNY Mellon Asset Management Australia. "We're really keen to develop our presence in the adviser market and we're working with St.George as our partner to do the job. It's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... low. WELLINGTON - A disappointing result from Pumpkin Patch gave a flat New Zealand sharemarket no impetus, as investor focus returned to offshore volatility. A record level for crude oil prices sent US stocks lower overnight. In turn, the benchmark ...

Franklin Templeton allies with Vietcombank

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... per cent of the firm's assets under management currently stem from Asia Pacific investors, and Vietnam is noted as a key focus area in the firm's strategy to further explore the region. Dennis Lim, co-chief executive and portfolio manager of Templeton ...