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St Hilliers and Cbus target residential property

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
St Hilliers and Cbus subsidiary, Cbus Property, have entered into a joint venture to develop a Sydney residential property for an undisclosed sum. The joint venture involves developing the Caritas site at 299 Forbes street, Darlinghurst. St Hilliers ...

Local Govt Super upgrades property investments

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Local Government Super's (LGS) upgrade of its building investments could save more then $2 million energy costs. The super fund worked with independent consultants, Napier & Blakeley, and risk management consultants, CETEC, to upgrade air conditioning ...

AFA doubles in four years

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has doubled its membership in four years, growing its ranks by more than 25 per cent this year. Jim Taggart, national president at the AFA, said the association has reacted to member calls for representation ...

Walter Scott announces investment successors

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
Walter Scott has promoted Jane Henderson as managing director of the investment management group as Alan McFarlane steps down from the role. The appointment is designed to strengthen the Edinburgh-based investment manager. Henderson previously worked ...

AXA IM opens Framlington to instos

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
AXA Investment Managers has launched its global equities thematic division, AXA Framlington, to local institutional investors. Craig Hurt, director Australia & New Zealand for AXA Investment Managers, said AXA Framlington's unconstrained higher alpha ...

Wealthy women frustrated with finance firms: book

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
Financial services companies may want to review how they interact and work with women after research found they represent $12 trillion in consumer discretionary spending globally are disappointed with the way finance firms deal with them. A recently ...

Heffron and Martin joins Cooper Review

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
Meg Heffron and Ian Martin joins the Super System Review Panel as part-time members. Heffron is a principal of Heffron Ltd, a firm which specialises in providing self-managed superannuation fund services. She is also a member of the Tax Office's National ...

Mercer to consult $2bn Motor Commission

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
The $2 billion Motor Accident Commission in South Australia has selected Mercer for its investment consulting services. Andrew Harrex and Greg Barr, principals at Mercer, will work with the consultant's insurance expert, Peter Hughes, to review the ...

Select hires advisory panel

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
Select Asset Management has appointed five executives to its investment advisory panel. The investment advisory panel, which informs the investment committee, includes Michael Adam, co-founder of Aspect Capital and AHL now Man Investments and Sam Armstrong ...

Instos target medium term strategies

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
Watson Wyatt is experiencing an increase in the number of institutional clients looking to adopt a dynamic strategic asset allocation - a strategy that could provide over 1 per cent outperformance to a client's long-term investment strategy. A dynamic ...