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Challenger buys Credit Suisse funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... up five Credit Suisse credit investment funds and two real estate securities funds. Credit Suisse's credit investment business currently has $1.5 billion in funds under management, which will become part of a new boutique investment firm to be led by ...

Diversa appoints ex-Souls fundie

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
Superannuation administrator Diversa has appointed Souls Funds Management co-founder Vincent Parrott as head of funds management for the Diversa Group. Parrott worked in leadership roles within the institutional funds management sector for AMP, SBC ...

Towers Watson researcher returns to Aus

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... Ben Griffiths, to its Australian investment team. Griffith spent nearly three years at Towers Watson's UK investment business. This move brings the total number of manager researchers to nine following the recent appointments of Vineta Salale and Alek ...

Zurich ramps up investment business

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
Zurich Financial Services Australia has promoted Matthew Drennan to general manager of investments as part of a strategy to expand its investments division. Drennan, previously director of investments at the firm, will report to David Smith, chief executive ...

Causeway hires water and funds director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... Ord Minnett, JPMorgan and Austock Asset Management. He said the Water fund and the investment manager's debt investment business are attracting a lot of investor interest. "In Australia, while the water market is still fragmented and inefficient, it ...

ANZ says no to ING IM acquisition, for now

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
ANZ, which bought ING Australia last month, said right now it is not looking to buy ING Investment Management and the local operations of the ING real estate business which the parent group announced earlier this week will be divested. "ANZ is not interested ...

ING to divest insurance and investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
Dutch banking and insurance giant ING plans to dispose its insurance and investment businesses over the next four years to shore up its balance sheet and repay its government debt. In a company statement released overnight, the group revealed a massive ...

SuperChoice signs TOWER super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... re-worked due to mistakes when manually inputting data. Mary Iacovella, TOWER's head of operations for its investment business, said SuperChoice scored high on accessibility and visibility. "The solution is scaleable, offers extensive payroll connectivity ...

ASIC slaps six year ban for MIS fraud

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... managed investment scheme. This follows an investigation by ASIC into the operation of a private mortgage investment business operated by West and John West & Associates Pty Ltd (JWA) at Payneham, South Australia. West and JWA engaged in a scheme of ...

Blackstone closes real estate fund

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... the inevitable recapitalisation of the property sector. Since The Blackstone Group started its real estate investment business in 1997, the firm has raised a total of over US$28 billion. The Blackstone Group was assisted in its fund-raising by The Park ...