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Russell reinforces retirement services

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
Russell Investment Group has announced the appointment of superannuation specialist Linda Elkins to the new role of director, retirement services, in a move to strengthen their retirement services. Russell Retirement Services is a newly formed division  ...

Macq offers world hedge through Equinox

Macquarie Portfolio Management has launched a fund that offers mums and dads access to the top hedge fund managers in Asia and other emerging markets. Called Equinox Select Opportunities Trust, the fund will invest in eight different component funds ...

Investors strike gold with LinQ

The new wunderkid in resources is Perth-based fund LinQ, which has managed to grow investor money by as much as 500 per cent thanks to astute plays made here and overseas. LinQ started life as Rothschild's resources fund 'Golden Arrow Fund II'. But ...

Macq snares RSE license and wholesale BOQ deal

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
Macquarie Investment Management Limited (MIML) announced that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has awarded it an RSE license, while Macquarie Margin Lending has signed a wholesale partnership agreement with the Bank of Queensland ...

Future Fund appointee's business cops downgrades from Fitch

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2006
Fitch Ratings has downgraded all funds formerly under the watch of Future Fund board appointee Trevor Rowe's company N M Rothschild and Sons (Australia) (NMRA) following last week's announcement NMRA had offloaded that part of the business to Invesco ...

Finsuper jumps aboard the STA-ARF train

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
On 30 June Finsuper will merge with STA, which by then will have evolved into the massive STA-ARF merged entity. After the boards of both organisations completed due diligence, Finsuper decided the merger was the right move for its members. The merger ...

Commonwealth banks on customer service and IT

The Commonwealth Bank has unveiled a four-pronged corporate strategy that includes merging two key units, improving IT and offering flexible employment in a bid to remain one of the country's leading banks. Commonwealth's chief executive officer, Ralph ...

PSS and CSS boards to merge

Fund consolidation pressures apply in the public sector too, and so the trustee boards that drive Australia's two commonwealth public sector super funds, PSS and CSS, are to merge. The proposed new structure will be called the Australian Reward Investment ...

Change of directors at JF Meridian

Director of JF Meridian Management, Tony Pitt, has resigned from the company and will be replaced by Andrew Butler, who moves from a director's role with parent company Mirvac. Pitt's resignation as trust manager is effective 28 April but as of yesterday ...

State Street celebrates 20 years in Aust with SSgA reaching $60 bn

State Street has just marked 20 years in Australia, while its investment arm, State Street Global Advisers (SSgA), has just passed $60 billion in assets under management for Australian clients. Rob Goodlad, managing director of SSgA in Australia, said ...