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Fidelity adds senior investment director

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... than 25 years, Bargholz's appointment to the newly created position is aimed at adding strength to the investment team, in a bid to add diversity away fro its core Australian equity strategy, managing director Gerard Doherty told Financial Standard. ...

RBF shakes up fund with two new mandates

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... and Invesco. RBF chief executive Philip Mussared said RBF is reviewing its investment managers across all asset classes in a bid for improved efficiency. "Our aim is to secure for RBF members some of the scale economies that managers have been accruing ...

GFG Group partners with Attra to boost payment service

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
Electronic payment software company GFG Group has partnered with Australian IT company Attra in a bid to boost service delivery to existing and new clients and increase competitiveness in emerging markets. Attra specialises in providing independent ...

AMP Capital to tempt investors out of cash and TDs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... says the 'act now for a better tomorrow' campaign aims to "rebuild retail customers' trust and confidence in investing." In a bid to tempt investors out of term-deposits and into riskier products, AMP Capital has highlighted the long-term impact of remaining ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
Australian shares have opened flat despite expectations of more interest rate cuts boosting banking stocks. At 1014 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.9 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,720.5 and the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... fell five cents to $26.45. Billabong shares are in a trading halt after the troubled retailer received its sixth takeover bid in less than 12 months. The surfwear company will resume trading at 1100 AEDT. National turnover was 170.4 million shares worth ...

UK research house partners Morse Consulting

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2013
London-based Absolute Strategy Research has partnered with Melbourne-based Morse Consulting in a bid to establish a relationship with superannuation funds, multi-manager platforms and investment managers in the Australian market. ASR provides market ...

Family office and HNW clients overlook best cash deposit rates

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... that some banks are taking advantage of the large sums held in some accounts to charge horrible rates to their customers in a bid to meet margin targets. "In a lot of cases private banks have a target to sell a certain number of products at a particular ...

HOSTPLUS consortium wins Destination Sydney bid

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
The HOSTPLUS industry superannuation fund has won the bid to deliver Sydney's new convention, exhibition and entertainment precinct (SICEEP). The project includes the design and construction of the expanded and enhanced international convention centre ...

Mortgage Choice Financial Planning open for business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... spokesperson added that the move had been deliberately timed to coincide with the Future of Financial Advice reforms in a bid to win new business. "The timing is good," she explained. "The proposition has been tested thoroughly along the way and the ...