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Schroders loses two analysts

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... its ratings on Schroders' Australian equity fund are unchanged following the resignations of two analysts. The agency said Kent Jensen is returning home to Norway while Alex Mears has decided to take a career break. "We are comfortable that Schroders ...

Benchmarked inflation protection doesn't stack up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... typically eight or nine-year-long interest and inflation risk, leaving investors very exposed to interest rate movement," said Kent Wilkes, senior portfolio manager at QIC. Determination of benchmark composition and characteristics by ILB issuer preference ...

Instos embrace low volatility equity portfolios

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... AllianceBernstein's head of quantitative research, with strength in downside protection balanced with trending upward markets. Kent Hargis, AllianceBernstein's head of quantitative research, said the shift in investors from a 40 year focus on increasing ...

AMP/AXA's Integra moves to MLC's Garvan

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... practices we looked at the MLC group of companies and we felt Garvan fitted our business model moving into the future," Deborah Kent, managing director, Integra, told Financial Standard. Kent said the acquisition of AXA by AMP and the proposed Future ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
Australian stocks have extended gains during the morning, with the gold and materials sector leading the broader market higher at noon. At 1210 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 41.6 points, or 0.87 per cent, at 4,797.4 points, while the broader ...

Aviiid prepares to launch fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
Aviiid Third-age Living has appointed Pillar and Australian Unity director Eve Crestani as chairman and expanded its executive team, ahead of the launch of a new fund early next year. Aviiid, an investment funds and superannuation manager, invests in ...

UCSuper makes debut in infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... the first time to its portfolio - awarding mandates to Hastings Funds Management and Plenary Investment Management. Neil Kent, general manager of UCSuper, said the infrastructure holdings will be added to the fund's alternatives portfolio, across four ...

Everest winds down operations

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... in the decreased value of Everest shares. Wingate nominated three directors to replace the existing board including David Kent, non-executive director of Stockland Capital Partners; Brett Elvish, founder and director of Financial Viewpoint and Franco ...

Wingate pushes for Everest board removal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... executive at Everest, declining an options issue. Wingate nominated three directors to replace the existing board including David Kent, non-executive director of Stockland Capital Partners; Brett Elvish, founder and director of Financial Viewpoint and ...

Wingate slams Everest governance, wants board out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
... AGM, expected to be held in late May 2010, to replace the current board. They nominated three new directors namely David Kent (non-executive director of Stockland Capital Partners), Brett Elvish (founder and director of Financial Viewpoint) and Franco ...