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PAC merges with eQuant, names Greg Kirk as non-exec

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
Executive search firm Primary Asset Consulting (PAC), which advises and recruits for the wealth, funds and investment banking industries announced that recruitment house eQuant had joined its group of companies earlier this week. Led by industry veteran ...

More US investment banks close prop desks

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
US investment banks are taking further steps towards meeting the requirements of recently passed FinReg legislation, and the indirect result could be new investment opportunities for Australian super funds. Shortly after the New York Times revealed ...

US insurer postpones IPO

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
In a further sign of the fragile state of the US economy, one of the biggest initial public offerings of 2010 was withdrawn overnight. Liberty Mutual Group, the fifth largest property and casualty group in the US by direct written premiums, postponed ...

Super funds flex muscle on alternative asset fees

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
Super funds are becoming increasingly flexible when structuring fees for their alternative investments, said Ray King, director of Sovereign Investment Research. "There is a fair degree of flexibility in structuring different strategies to suit different ...

BlackRock to develop super SMA

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
BlackRock, one of the pioneers of separately managed accounts (SMA) in Australia, revealed plans to launch a superannuation version of its customised portfolio service next year. James Langlands, co-head of customised portfolio solutions at BlackRock ...

Commercial property sales rebound: CBRE

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
Commercial property transactions above $5 million rebounded to $2.6 billion in the third quarter, up 268 per cent sequentially and up 75 per cent on last year, according to figures released by CB Richard Ellis. And while Australian super funds are dipping ...

ASX chief to step down

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
ASX managing director and chief executive officer Robert Elstone is to step down in July next year, the company revealed today. In a statement to the exchange released ahead of its annual general meeting, chairman David Gonski revealed that Elstone ...

Asia-Pac HNWI market approaches US$10 tn: report

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
The combined wealth of Asia-Pacific's high net worth individuals (HNWI) surged almost 31 per cent in 2009 to US$9.7 trillion, erasing the losses recorded in 2008 and placing the Asian market above Europe for the first time on record, a new survey has ...

S&P rerates former 452 funds

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has assigned four-star 'new' ratings to two Colonial First State funds previously managed by 452 Capital. The funds had been downgraded to sell by S&P in August following the shock departure of key 452 capital executives. ...

Plus Capital signs third distribution deal

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
Sydney-based Plus Capital Investment Management, a third party distributor, has signed a distribution deal with Los Angeles-based Causeway Capital Management. The deal is Plus Capital's third since launching in 2009, following agreements with insurance ...