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AXA deal frees AllianceBernstein to target retail

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
Fund manager AllianceBernstein LP will shift its focus towards the retail market following its acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific Holding's 50 per cent share in their Australian joint venture. AllianceBernstein will pay AXA a price "in the millions of ...

HOSTPLUS improves insurance, maintains fees

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... and Total & Permanent Disability (TPD) insurance. Finally, the fund has launched a new investment option on the retail market which boasts a low 0.036 per cent management fee. HOSTPLUS's new Indexed Balanced option is available on the retail market with ...

Former Soros partner targets retail market

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
A former partner of the legendary global macro investor George Soros has launched a new offering for retail investors and is looking for distribution partners and white label providers to expand its presence. Swita Investment Management, formed in late ...

BlackRock to expand retail arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... investment options, including the planned introduction of a superannuation version of it. BlackRock's $10 billion retail market is divided across three sectors of managed funds, SMA and ETFs. "At the moment we offer [SMAs] as ordinary investment monies ...

CBA plans retail bond offering

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... received, CBA is a household name and one of the country's largest issuers, so its move was "very positive" for the retail market. "It indicates a willingness of major banks to consider retail issuance to diversify their funding base. This issue will ...

More products, more support for planners: BTIM

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... Investment Management will increase the support it gives to financial planners and roll out new products for the retail market as part of its expansion plan, the firm said after announcing a cash net profit after tax of $30.9 million this morning. In ...

UBS poised to enter local ETF market

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... Asset Management (Australia) said the firm is currently considering whether it could bring ETFs into the Australian retail market. While UBS would initially look at a suite of Australian shares ETFs based on the ASX 300 or ASX 200, for instance, the ...

Tower wins Virgin Money mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... with AustralianSuper, the firm has signed on a major partnership with Virgin Money to provide life insurance to the retail market. Richard Branson-backed Virgin Money is expanding its financial services suite of products, which includes superannuation ...

PIMCO Aus adds investment specialist

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
PIMCO Australia has appointed a new investment specialist to service the retail market. Michael Dale has joined the asset manager from Suncorp Metway where he served as a treasury dealer in the insurance house's fixed interest/money market sales team. ...

Aussie equities get clean bill of health

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... sheets and improving profitability of corporate Australia, retail investors are "relatively slow" on the uptake. "The retail market has been relatively slow, investor confidence has been shaken over the last two or three years," said Hershan. "The institutional ...