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RBC Dexia appoints new Aussie head

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
RBC Dexia Investor Services has a new head and managing director for its Australian operations as outgoing head Alex Muto prepares to transition into a new role in the company. Head of technical sales, Scott MacDonald, will step up to lead the company ...

PIMCO promotes to fill gap in portfolio team

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
PIMCO has promoted internally to replace Kumar Palghat who recently left the team after several years as head of portfolio management Australia. Rob Mead, head of European credit portfolio management and based in PIMCO's Munich office, will take on ...

Asteron ramps up insurance and income protection

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
Asteron has ramped up its life insurance and income protection offerings to try to remedy a significant shortfall in income protection for small business owners and self-employed workers. The move is in response to research conducted by Rice Walker ...

Absolutely, positively Naos

Absolute return fund manager, Naos Asset Management, plans to differentiate itself from the rest of the boutique herd by tailoring its products to the needs of an overlooked sub-segment of high-net worth investors. Managing director Mona Makaj said ...

Hedge funds set to splurge on IT

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
In the past the hedge funds sector has not proven fertile ground for IT providers, but a new report suggests all that is about to change with the sector's IT investment set to grow to $3.3 billion by 2009. A new report from Datamonitor, Securities Processing ...

Macq centralises property management

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
Macquarie Real Estate has unveiled a pivotal new element in its real estate structure, Macquarie Real Estate Management Services (MREMS), which will provide a centralised financial and property management service to the Macquarie real estate portfolio. ...

SSgA launches neutral Asian alpha fund

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched its new SSgA Asia Pacific Equity Market Neutral Fund, aimed at giving institutional investors easy access to pure alpha returns from Asian equity markets. The strategy, designed by SSgA's quantitative ...

BMW torques up home lending offering

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2006
The financial arm of German car giant BMW is moving into the home mortgage market in Australia. BMW Financial Services said yesterday it would offer four home lending options to its car buyers. "The BMW mortgage is a high performance product that can ...

Avant appoints director for S&S reporting system

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
Avant Solutions has appointed a former BT head of distribution to fill the role of director for the Brisbane based adviser solution group. Shane Hancock, formerly BT Financial Group's head of distribution superannuation solutions, will take on responsibility ...

First Samuel wants Simplicity for its IMAs

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
First Samuel has announced it will use Financial Simplicity's individually managed accounts (IMA) software to cater for the growing number of client tailored portfolios its business is managing. After an extensive evaluation process First Samuel chose ...