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Kosmos wins $50m from Maritime

RUTH LIEW | FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010

... had previously invested with Kosmos, but the mandate was withdrawn after the fund decided to pull out from the small caps arena two years ago. Maritime currently has $700 million invested in Australian equities. Meanwhile, the transfer of the Teekay ...

Hedge funds on incubators watch list

RUTH LIEW | WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009

Hedge funds and alternative investment managers are pegged as the next big hits in the boutique arena, said one Australian incubator. Ascalon, fresh from its ownership handover to Westpac, is closely watching the hedge funds and alternatives boutiques ...

ADPIA appoints new president

COMPANY RELEASE | THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009

The Australian Direct Property Investment Association has appointed Robert Olde, executive director of Questus, Perth, as president. Olde replaces Linden Toll, director of marketing and distribution at LMW Invest, as president. Adam Murchie of Drapac ...

MFS on expansion trail

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009

... strategy in Asia, Europe, the US and Latin America. "Our main focus is having investment people in the emerging markets arena because we think in the next 10 to 20 years, that's going to be the place where we would need a local presence," said Manning. ...

Regulators tighten grip on hedge funds

RUTH LIEW | MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009

... talks with the two countries about hedge fund regulation. Tighter regulation already looks set to impact Europe's hedge fund arena, with the European Commission's draft directive to police hedge funds threatening the future of Aussie fund managers and ...

CalPERS takes legal action against state furloughs

COMPANY RELEASE | FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009

... risk of not providing timely disability and retirement checks, and health care benefit services. In CalPERS' investment arena, it harms the ability to clearly reconcile investment trades, post collateral in a timely manner, and monitor the activities ...

Planning firms on buying spree

RUTH LIEW | FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009

... who say, do a lot of direct equities," he said. However mergers and acquisitions have not been prevalent in just the SME arena. Bigger firms such as Count Financial and Ipac Securities have also been hot on the acquisition trail. Countplus for instance ...

Global property revival

RUTH LIEW | THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009

... more substantially into Invesco's existing mandates, he said. Placing his faith in the global real estate investment trust arena, O'Brien believes that both retail and institutional investors will start viewing G-REITs as the stronger sector to provide ...

Henderson Maxwell moves to managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009

... certainly changed the way we do business and we're trying to move 100 per cent of our business into the managed account arena," he said.

Legalsuper members favour Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW | WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009

... Taylor told the Financial Standard that the New Year will represent "fantastic opportunities" to buy into the Aussie equities arena. Asset consultant Frontier, which has around $97 billion in funds under advice, said it would advice its industry fund ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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