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Obama expected to pick Yellen as US Fed chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
US President Barack Obama will nominate Federal Reserve vice-chair Janet Yellen to be the next head of the US central bank, White House officials have said. If confirmed by the Democrat controlled US Senate, Yellen would become the first woman to hold ...

BTIM announces replacement for retiring chairman

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
James Evans will replace BT Investment Management Limited (BTIM) Brian Scullin as chairman when he retires on 6 December after six years in the role. Evans joined the BTIM Board as a non-executive director in 2010 and is the current chairman of the ...

AMP reveals new leadership team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013

Russell multi-manager funds get top Zenith rating

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
Russell Investment's suite of diversified multi-manager funds have been upgraded to 'highly recommended' in Zenith Investment Partners' review of the category. In total, 16 funds received a rating but Russell's Conservative, Diversified 50, Balanced ...

Baker & McKenzie tells industry to prepare for SIV 'bonanza'

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
The investment management industry can expect a rapid explosion in the number of people coming to Australia under the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) program, according to Baker & McKenzie partner Bill Fuggle, who says as many as 300 could be approved ...

ASIC rescues lower risk products from 'hedge fund' label

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has tweaked its definition of a hedge fund, to reduce the number of products that fall within stricter disclosure requirements. Product providers had expressed concern that some low-risk retail ...

Global investment banking fees up 3% in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
Fees earned from global investment banking services rose 3% in the first nine months of 2013 from a year ago, according to Thomson Reuters data. Fees from services ranging from mergers and acquisitions advisory to capital markets underwriting, earned ...

Bell Potter tight-lipped on UBS sale speculation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013

Sovereign wealth funds up alternatives exposure in 2012

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
Global sovereign wealth funds have significantly increased their allocations to alternative assets such as real estate, private equity and hedge funds, according to a recent Invesco survey. The fund manager's annual Global Sovereign Asset Management ...

Peak6 reopens to Australian investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... opportunity for investors to gain access because the team has plans to soft-close once again before the fund reaches the $2 billion mark. Peak6 chief operating officer Tomas Hricko and senior investment executive George Locasto told Financial Standard ...