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AMG answers demand for US boutiques

Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), an American asset manager that part-owns established boutique funds, has quietly amassed $8 billion in Australian mandates and hopes to make a bigger splash later this year through the launch of new global products. ...

Wyllie launches new 'niche within a niche' company

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
Boutique investment company Wyllie Group has launched a new niche wholesale funds management division called Viburnum. The division will be 50 per cent owned by the company, with the balance of the equity held by the directors, including Viburnum chairman ...

Coin buys into paraplanning business

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
Macquarie-owned Coin Financial Planning has purchased a 50 per cent stake in the paraplanning business Outplan Outsourced Solutions. Coin managing director, Tony Graham, said the purchase reflects the shortage of paraplanners in the industry and the ...

AFS nails down Salisbury Group stake

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
AFS Group has finalised its 50 per cent acquisition of The Salisbury Group. Both groups will continue to operate under their individual licenses, brands and from their existing offices, but the businesses will benefit from synergies generate by the ...

BankWest throws a barbie

... some of the newer suburbs like Baldivis," said Ian Corfield, BankWest retail executive. The barbie is symbolic of the bank's plan to have new branches that are "more accessible" than traditional branches. Besides the free food, the group offered those ...

XPLAN incorporates Zenith research

... click in and out of XPLAN to access our website as the reports will be integrated within XPLAN. It just makes the 'initial plan' process a bit more efficient," said David Wright, a director at Zenith. "At a practical level, the integration of information ...

Economic round-up: Lead balloon lifts exports

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
Despite infrastructure obstacles and currency pressures, Australia's export performance is still managing a gradual improvement on the back of the boom in resources demand and prices. The Australian Bureau of Statistics latest data shows a jump in goods ...

NZ investors hooked on high yield

A survey of New Zealand investors has found that 72 per cent rated interest rates as the most important factor when choosing an investment product and were less concerned about the stability of the financial institution selling them. "With the collapses ...

SELECT absolute return fund gets rating tick from Zenith

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
Select Asset Management's (SELECT) absolute return focused Select Private Equity Portfolio (SPEP) fund has been rated recommended by Zenith Investment Partners. SELECT has partnered with private equity specialist Barwon Investment Partners to help manage ...

No multi-sector managers deserve five-stars: S&P

S&P Fund Services has awarded 28 multi-sector fund managers with a four-star rating but stopped short of recommending any of the fund managers among the 250 multi-sector funds analysed with the coveted five-star badge. The 2007 multisector report was ...