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ING appoints new head of regional sales

... ING and state manager for RetireInvest. Prior to ING, he worked as a financial planner and senior manager at other fund managers and boutique dealerships. In his new role, Canning's brief is to expand the sales focused culture from Queensland to the ...

The great Australian FM shuffle

... muscle in the local sharemarket. Ratings firm Standard & Poors (S&P) has found that of the 38 Australian equities fund managers that it monitors, 14 fund managers or 37 per cent have suffered staff turnover at a senior level since the start of the year. ...

A new mandate every 12 weeks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... quarter, with the major winners being comprehensive full-service big brand managers who won 40 per cent and specialist fund managers who won 30 per cent. "Despite the apparent popularity of boutique managers, they only won 14 per cent of the business," ...

Mercer multi-manager is more tax savvy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... Investments raises the stakes in after-tax investing after it shifted $2.5 billion of multi-manager mandates into fund managers that are more tax-conscious. Mercer Global Investments (MGI) has overhauled its Australian share portfolio with five major ...

IMAP to launch MA accreditation course

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
The Institute for Managed Account Providers (IMAP) has called on financial planning groups and fund managers to review a draft for a proposed managed accounts accreditation course due to be rolled out next year. The course draft outlined key education ...

Stop chasing artificial yields: PIR

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... PIR managing director Richard Cruikshank said that low property yields over the past five years have prompted some fund managers to artificially inflate their returns using financial engineering and other innovations. But that strategy won't stack up ...

Ethical by name and nature

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
Ethical fund managers Hunter Hall and the Australian Ethical Investment have responded to the CHOICE report that warned investors about funds that specialise in responsible investments. The CHOICE report urged investors to read the 'small print' when ...

Zenith rates EII Global 'highly recommended'

... dubbed it the "best of breed" fund in the sector. The $5 billion-plus fund, which is one of seven institutional fund managers on the Macquarie Professional Series, has a concentrated portfolio of 40 to 60 securities selected from Asia, Europe and the ...

Korea the next big thing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... invested in Australian equity, it's not going to be anytime soon a financial hub of Asia." However, he said Australian fund managers were catching up, especially in adopting new investment techniques.

Fed shoots from the hip

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
... market stability. With the Fed now pulling out the big guns to head off a credit crunch, a number of analysts and fund managers have said we are likely nearing or at the bottom, although consensus is that there will be potholes to navigate along the ...