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Adviser recruitment plagues super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... qualified advisers, said an industry expert. David Anderson, business leader of Mercer's outsourcing business for Asia Pacific, told an ASFA conference audience yesterday that one of the supply side challenges super funds are facing is intra-fund adviser ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... Exchange, the December share price index contract was 80 points higher at 4,681, on volume of 18,509 contracts. AXA Asia Pacific Holdings says it would consider a better takeover offer from predator AMP Ltd, involving majority owner AXA SA, after its ...

AMP circles AXA Asia Pacific

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
AXA Asia Pacific independent directors have rejected AMP's $4 billion bid for AXA's Australian and New Zealand businesses, creating the first hurdle in a landmark deal that could, if it goes through, create a new Australian insurance and financial planning ...

AMP Cap revamps Asia Pac equities team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
AMP Capital Investors has revamped how it researches Asia Pacific equities by bringing together the Asian, Capital and New Zealand teams and organising the group along market sectors. The revised approach means the research teams will focus on sectors ...

Costello lands MD role at advisory firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... defence, merger & acquisitions, capital markets advice and major event briefings for corporates and governments in the Asia Pacific region. The firm was officially launched yesterday and was developed by a number ex-Goldman Sachs JBWere executives. Walton ...

AMP appoints international MD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
AMP Capital Investors has appointed former AXA Rosenberg Asia Pacific chief executive Anthony Fasso as managing director, international. Based in Hong Kong, Fasso will report to AMP Capital Investors managing director Stephen Dunne from early next year. ...

Back on the road again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... per cent slump in the second quarter (the worst in 70 years). So for now let's part-tey! Wall Street did. And the Asia Pacific region will when they start trading this morning and the fun will spill over Europe when it wakes up later today. Let's celebrate ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... is a sea-blue word-mark with three shapes signifying ANZ's three key geographies - Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific - and an official tagline "we live in your world". ANZ Banking Group gained 38 cents, or 1.61 per cent, to $23.91.

Schroder Asia Pac adds SimCorp

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
Schroder Investment Management has successfully implemented SimCorp Dimension across four Asia Pacific countries with its Australian office soon to follow. The system, which replaced a 12-year-old system and a number in-house applications, has been ...

Mercer and IPD develop unlisted prop index

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... with Mercer to allow investors to compare real estate performance. Jennifer Johnstone Kaiser, head of real estate Asia Pacific at Mercer, said working with IPD means Mercer can provide its clients with a wider range of unlisted property performance data ...