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CFSGAM appoints Five Oceans founding member

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has expanded its Australian equities team with the appointment of a new portfolio manager. Kim Tracey joins CFSGAM from boutique international equities manager Five Oceans Asset Management, where ...

Northstar joins Chan & Naylor joint venture partnership

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
Sydney-based accounting firm Northstar has become the latest to joint venture partner of national accounting and advice firm Chan & Naylor. The deal will see Chan & Naylor take an equity share in the company in return for driving mutual growth. Northstar ...

Former van Eyk asset consultants to launch new business

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
Former van Eyk asset consulting team Jonathan Ramsay, Jonathan Tolub and Fil Andronaco are on track to launch a new portfolio construction advice company later this month. The three men resigned from the troubled financial services research company ...

BlackRock opens global fixed income fund to local investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
BlackRock has opened its Fixed Income Global Opportunities Fund (FIGO) to Australian investors. FIGO is a flexible global multi-sector fixed income strategy that seeks to achieve a positive total return. While the fund is not tied to a benchmark, it ...

Morningstar names two new analysts

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
Morningstar has appointed two analysts to its Australasian manager research team. CFA accredited Daniel Cheang joins as a senior analyst while Matthew Wu has come on board as an analyst. They are responsible for undertaking research on Australian and ...

Implemented Portfolios appoints former BlackRock MD

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
Former BlackRock Australia managing director Adam Seccombe has joined Implemented Portfolios in a full-time role to assist the business with the next stage of its growth. Seccombe was responsible for launching BlackRock's ETF business, iShares, in Australia ...

Whitehelm appointed to advise $2 billion Land Account

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
Global infrastructure investment manager Whitehelm Capital has been appointed as investment adviser for the $2 billion Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Account. Operating under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005, the Land Account ...

PIMCO moves to calm investors in wake of 'bond king' exit

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
PIMCO is calling for calm amid the uncertainty which has followed the surprise departure of star manager Bill Gross, reassuring local investors that returns will not suffer. "We manage nearly $2 trillion globally in client assets and we are confident ...

Van Eyk administrator optimistic of finding buyer

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
The future of van Eyk Research must be determined before the end of October but the stricken consulting and research firm's administrator remains optimistic a buyer will be found after receiving a number of expressions of interest. A committee of creditors ...

Family offices returned 9% in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
The average family office has total assets of $890 million and achieved a return of 9% in 2013, the largest ever survey of the sector reveals. More than 200 family office principles from over 40 countries completed Campden Wealth Research's survey ...