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AMP planners back fee for service APL

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... planners have thrown their support behind an approved product list (APL) that does not include any commissions - and fund managers keen to keep their business are fast adjusting to the change. Steve Helmich, director Financial Planning, Advice and Services ...

New chapter in savings after government guarantee ends

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... which are already finding finance difficult to get." Where it can get potentially problematic is when banks and fund managers have to change the policies around cash-based savings, such as term deposits. "There is a $1 million threshold but how does ...

Fin services execs rock on for charity

Some financial service professionals have a secret identity - analysts, fund managers, financial planners and business development managers by day, rockstars by night. The Financial Industry Community Aid Programme (FICAP), developed in 2006 by a group ...

Artemis to switch from Fortis to AMG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) has sealed a deal to buy Artemis Investment Management, one of the leading fund managers in the UK, from its previous owner, Fortis Bank. Under the deal, AMG will own a majority stake in the firm but Artemis' management ...

Treasury Group names distribution execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... appointment earlier in the week, adding the firm had worked closely with research companies to gain ratings and grow their fund managers' retail footprint. NB: A previous version of this story said Putnam Investments had withdrawn from Australia however ...

Boutique incubators target retail market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... Ascalon Capital Managers and Treasury Group, are ramping up their retail distribution strategy to broaden their fund managers' funds under management (FUM). Mark Burgess, managing director at Treasury Group, said the firm had spent the past year meeting ...

Property funds under green watch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... pension funds with more than $500 billion in assets are using their investment muscle to force property companies and fund managers to stay on top of their environmental policies, following the release of a new green property benchmark. The Environmental ...

Greek tragedy overwhelms Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... programs will." Also, "...at a time of record deficits, we will not continue tax cuts for oil companies, for investment fund managers, and for those making over $250,000 a year. We just can't afford it." How could you not help but applaud the man? Wall ...

RARE wins $200m mandate from CFS

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... relationship with [CFS]." RARE has been in talks with CFS since April 2008, said Dell. While many local and international fund managers floundered during the GFC, RARE managed to nearly double its funds under management from $834 million at the end of ...

Leggo retires as AvSuper chairman

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... During his tenure, he has driven the process for AvSuper's growth from a fund of $27 million employing three balanced fund managers, to the $1 billion multi-manager superannuation fund of today.