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More planners bypass managed funds: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
Fund managers are put on notice in a recent investment study that found a growing number of planners are placing their clients' funds into direct shares, ETFs, REITs and SMAs, leaving only a fraction of inflows into traditional managed funds. The survey ...

Women in Super help raise $2.1m for breast cancer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
Australians across the country helped raise $2.1 million for research into the prevention and cure of breast cancer in this year's Women in Super Mother's Day Classic. A record number of 100,000 people took part in the 2010 national fun run/walk and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
The Australian market has received flat to mixed leads from offshore trading, with Wall Street's key indices flat, while indices were down in Europe and Asia. Precious metals traded higher, as did oil and copper. At 0759 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Solaris hires ex-Suncorp ESG manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
Solaris Investment Management has appointed former Suncorp portfolio specialist, Lisa Domagala, to focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Domagala has previously worked at McIntosh Hamson Hoare Govett, now Merrill Lynch, and also ...

PIS to step up competition in cash savings

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
Professional Investment Services is staging an ambitious plan to become an all-round financial services outfit, providing products and services that have long been the domain of the big banks, including the all-important area of bank deposit products. ...

AMG buys Pantheon Ventures

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
Affiliated Managers Group is paying US$775 million for Pantheon Ventures, a subsidiary of Russell Investments. AMG said in a press statement that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire Pantheon for $775 million in cash, with the potential ...

Russell to stay in Australia: Doman

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
Andrew Doman, global chief executive of Russell Investments, said Australia is a "strategically important" market to the firm and plans to deepen its local footprint, following questions about Russell's commitment to the Australian market. Doman said ...

Russell signs UN PRI

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
Russell Investments has become a signatory of the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). "Russell became a UN PRI signatory in recognition of the increasingly widespread client demand for strategic advice and solutions that ...

AFA unveils policy committee

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers Limited (AFA) has announced the launch of a new committee to work with the Government and the regulator, ASIC. The Committee brings together AFA members and broader industry experts to work on key issues facing ...

Future Fund seek RI and IT professionals

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
The Australian Government's $60 billion Future Fund is looking to appoint a responsible investment manager and head of information technology. According to statements on the fund's website, the Future Fund is seeking a manager, responsible investment. ...