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BTIM announces replacement for retiring chairman

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... Limited. He is also currently a non-executive director of the Equigroup companies, Hastings Funds Management Limited, Investa Wholesale Funds Management Limited, Macquarie Generation and Suncorp Portfolio Services Limited. Scullin was appointed chairman ...

BlackRock creates global real estate investment platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
BlackRock has created an international real estate investment platform after acquiring MGPA, a private equity real estate investment company in Asia-Pacific and Europe. The acquisition assembles a combined $23.5 billion global real estate into an investment ...

Praemium adds Easton AM to SMA platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
Praemium has added Easton Asset Management Global Tactical Model on its separately managed account (SMA) platform. The Global Tactical model portfolio uses global tactical asset allocation and Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed exchange-traded ...

Wealthy parents fear kids can't handle family fortune

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
Almost three-fifths of wealthy parents lack confidence in their children's ability to handle a large financial inheritance, according to a recent survey from Bank of America private wealth subsidiary U.S. Trust. The private bank asked 711 Americans ...

FIIG targets SMSFs with low-limit corporate bond

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
Fixed income broker FIIG Securities has cut the lower corporate bond investment limit to $10,000 in a move to attract more investment from the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) sector. FIIG had previously put the limit at $50,000, which was itself ...

More Asian HNWs enlisting private banks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
Asian high net worth (HNW) investors are increasingly enlisting the services of private banks to manage their wealth, according to Australian banking research and advisory firm East & Partners. In May 2013, East & Partners interviewed 949 C-suite executives ...

AUI tips property fund merger

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... valued at just over $29 million at the time of the merger if approved. AUI assumed management of SIT when it acquired Investa Funds Management in September 2011. "Australian Unity Funds Management Limited, as responsible entity, believes the proposal ...

Pengana AEq fund reaches $227m FUM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
The Pengana Australian Equities Fund reached $227 million in Funds Under Management (FUM) on the March quarter and achieved a return of 9.9%, net of all fees and charges. The returns beat the ASX200, which generated 8% and the RBA Cash Rate, which returned ...

Virgin blazes trail with redundancy cover

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
Virgin Money Australia plans to roll out a full suite of insurance products following a phenomenal take-up of its existing offering, including income cover that pays up to $3,000 a month if the insured is made redundant. The group's managing director ...

AUI makes property team appointment

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... retirement funds, Chris Smith. Lumby was previously head of Office and Industrial Property Funds. He joined AUI in 2011 from Investa Property Group. He has over 15 years experience in funds management including working at Stockland and Trafalgar Corporate ...