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CBA in talks to hand over management of three funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Commonwealth Bank has submitted proposals to the boards of two trusts allowing it to relinquish its funds management responsibility. CBA confirms it has submitted indicative, non-binding proposals to the Commonwealth Managed Investments Limited (CMIL) ...

Legg Mason adds SIV funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Legg Mason is packaging its four Significant Investment Visa (SIV) complying funds as a ready-made solution for private wealth advice firms. The fund manager has four funds that comply with SIV requirements - Australian cash, listed property, equity ...

Fake press release activist faces 10 years in jail

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
An environmental activist who issued a fake ANZ Bank press release and caused a crash in Whitehaven Coal's share price faces 10 years in prison. On 7 January 2013, Jonathan Moylan sent out a false media release which said ANZ Bank had pulled its $1.2 ...

AMP director Adrian Emery departs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
AMP director of strategic marketing and sales Adrian Emery has left the company, AMP has confirmed. The financial services firm said Emery had made a huge contribution to the successful integration of the new sales division following AMP's merger with ...

'Business as usual' for Perennial despite legal bid

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
Fund manager Perennial has said its 'business as usual' despite a failed bid for $35 million in unpaid fees by three former directors. Executives Mike Crivelli, Anthony Patterson, John Murray and Kerry Series originally sold their 21.85% stake in Perennial ...

Fraud and cybercrime biggest non-investment risks to family offices

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
Sustainability, data loss, fraud and theft are among the top non-investment risks faced by private families and the offices that serve them, according to The Family Wealth Alliance's 2012 Inaugural Security Study. For the study - which was conducted ...

Beazley appoints former TAL BDM

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
Insurance company Beazley has appointed Duncan Richardson to the role of life, accident & health development manager. He will be responsible for building and maintaining client relationships and providing tailor-made services for Beazley's life, accident ...

A-REITS rewarded for cleaning up act

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
Australian listed property funds have been rewarded for repairing their balance sheets and simplifying their capital structures with robust performance and strong inflows over the last 12-18 months, according to research house Lonsec. The Australian ...

Pengana eyes reporting season short-selling opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
The upcoming start of the reporting season serves up an opportunity to short companies likely to post disappointing results, according to Pengana Captial market neutral portfolio manager Phillip Boustridge. Market neutral equity strategies combine long ...

Standard Life Inv GARS manager in shock exit

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
The creator of the multi-billion dollar Standard Life Investments Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) fund Euan Munro has left the company to join UK life firm Aviva as chief executive. As global head of multi-asset investing and fixed income at ...