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Super cushions local asset managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... Bank for example has ample capital and minimal exposure to suspect loans," said Simon Bonouvrie, portfolio manager at boutique firm Platypus Asset Management. "The growth of these wealth management arms are underpinned..or basically guaranteed by the ...

HBOS surrenders to Lloyds TSB

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... Australian businesses, including BankWest, on the back-burner, at least while Lloyds reviews strategy. Lloyds sold its boutique banking business in Australia in the late 1990s (a business run by the current HBOS Australia chief David Willis) and sold ...

Adam Smith hires portfolio manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
Boutique Australian equities investment manager Adam Smith Asset Management has appointed Stephen Atkinson as portfolio manager within its small cap Australian equities team. Atkinson has been a portfolio manager at MMC Asset Management, Credit Suisse ...

Statewide recruits Michalakis and Ridding

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... years industry experience and for the past three years was director of marketing and client services for Manhattan-based boutique investment firm Pzena Investment Management. In the role, he was responsible for Pzena products and services in Australia ...

Boutique incubators work best: Russell

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
"Get in early and fast" is the winning formula when it comes to adding star boutique investment managers to a firm's funds, says Russell Investments. Speaking at the 2008 Russell Australasian Investment Summit in Melbourne last week, Jon Eggins, research ...

Perennial's global alpha secret

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... been in the industry for a long time would remember Carter during his stint at PM Capital, where he helped develop the boutique fund's absolute return strategy. Prior to that, he managed the US, European and UK global portfolios at QBE for more than ...

IOOF profits down

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
... related news, over 94 per cent of MacarthurCook shareholders voted for a strategic alliance between IOOF and the firm. The boutique fund manager announced in June that IOOF had bought a 13 per cent stage in the company. The deal will see MacarthurCook ...

Challenger buys 30pc stake in ex-CS boutique

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
Challenger has snapped up 30 per cent of a soon to be launched fixed interest boutique headed by former head of fixed interest at Credit Suisse Asset Management Australia, Ben Alexander. Challenger will buy one third of the new boutique, expected to ...

Plan B bears market pain

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
Boutique wealth manager Plan B's full year results were not as stellar as the numbers in the half year although the company still managed to meet its earnings target and dish out higher-than-planned dividends for shareholders. Six months ago, Plan B ...

Caledonia updates with HiPortfolio

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
Australian boutique investment manager, Caledonia Investments is updating its DST International (DSTi) accounting service to the latest version, HiPortfolio. The latest version of the accounting software includes scalable end to end capabilities and ...