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CFSGAM makes four new hires

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has made four new hires to the listed property securities team following Stephen Hayes rejoining the firm as head of property securities in September. Tuan Pham, is re-joining the firm as a senior ...

Job cuts at PIS

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
Professional Investment Services has announced structural changes that will see management roles cut. Chief executive Peter Walther in a statement said that while the changes were not motivated by cost cutting, nor were they based on performance of ...

State Street profits up 23% on Lehman wind up

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
State Street, one of the world's largest providers of financial services, has announced a 23% rise in third quarter profits despite a slight fall in revenue, bolstered by claims linked to the Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy. The Boston-based bank, which ...

Vanguard to publish portfolio holdings

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
Vanguard will publish quarterly portfolio holdings for all its funds from October, the fund manager announced today. Vanguard's head of market strategy and communications, Robin Bowerman said, "This move is designed to improve transparency for investors ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
"Is QE3 enough to save America's economy?" The Economist magazine posed this question to its readers over the weekend. So far, the nays have it - 78% of them think QE won't cut it - because according to those who commented: even Bernanke admitted that ...

Legg Mason chief replaced to staunch investor outflow

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
Legg Mason chairman and chief executive Mark Fetting will step down effective October 1 amid pressure from activist investor Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management and five years of client outflows. Fetting's departure will be two months before a standstill ...

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... currency area single. Next stop towards strengthening that singleness: Banking Union. Last night, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso outlined a plan for the ECB to become the Eurozone's banking supervisor - an initial step towards unifying ...

Wilson HTM awarded damages

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
Wilson HTM has been awarded $174, 416 in damages, after chief justice Patricia Bergin said this morning in the NSW Supreme Court, that commission and revenue statements tendered to rival broker Ord Minnett by Wilson's former Sydney desk boss Joseph ...

Wilson staff shared information while sign on bonus was discussed

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
Lawyers representing Wilson HTM in legal action against fellow broker Ord Minnett have said that a former senior Wilson employee provided Ord Minnett with commission statements and contact details of advisers, at the same time he was negotiating a sign ...

Ord Minnett conspired to take us over: Wilson HTM notifies court

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
Ord Minnett planned to take over fellow broker, Wilson HTM, by paying sign on fees to poach its advisers, said Wilson HTM in the NSW Supreme Court yesterday. Five Wilson employees were paid approximately $5.4 million by Ord Minnett, the court heard. ...