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The Rock and MyState merger approved

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... of The Rock and MyState will create an enlarged business with enhanced long-term prospects, greater scale and diversification and a stronger balance sheet, enabling us to maintain competitiveness and achieve on-going growth," said MyState's chairman ...

Flight to quality boosts PIMCO inflows

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... "As markets continue to move sideways, we are seeing increased demand for fixed interest exposures to provide diversification and portfolio stabilisation benefits when combined with more risky assets such as shares," said Peter Dorrian, head of Global ...

Macquarie Specialist Investments launches Macquarie Step

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... borrowing, providing them with market exposure and the benefits of capital protection at maturity and portfolio diversification" Macquarie Step doesn't charge ongoing management fees, and investors don't have to make interest payments. They can also ...

ANZ profit climbs 19% to $5.36 billion

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... advantage of new global banking trends and expand its scale and value. "We are positioned quite uniquely with greater diversification in our portfolio by product and capability with strong growth in APEA markets." In Asia, 'active' customers in the institutional ...

BTIM fixed focus for new financial year

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... out its multi-boutique model to attract and expand into other investment capabilities that provide growth and diversification." The group's July acquisition of J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM ) was a positive result for BTIM as the acquired group ...

Eaton Vance launches first Australian domiciled fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... achieving long-term stable returns in the floating-rate asset class, through bottom-up credit research and issuer diversification. Director of Bank Loans for Eaton Vance, Scott Page, who will co-manage the fund in Australia, said it had been developed ...

Perpetual: fixed income is back

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Fixed income and credit markets are coming back in style while better portfolio diversification is needed for most investors, according to Perpetual Investments. Michael Korber, head of credit at Perpetual, told a media briefing yesterday that while ...

QIC funds head departs amid restructure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... management and distribution to be installed in due course. QIC said the restructure would support the "significant diversification of its client base and the ongoing expansion of its capabilities." Queensland based QIC established its multi boutique ...

Plan B names new CEO

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... dealer service. "There is absolutely an objective to create a strategy in the first few months which includes diversification both geographically and of our products and services. Plan B is one of the larger WA groups but now we want to get a balance ...

Super funds signal intention to delve into overseas property

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... appetite for overseas assets. Constraints in the domestic market, the search for high yields and the need for diversification are driving institutional investors to look again to Europe, the US and Asia. According to the survey of thirty-nine institutions ...