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New deputy governor for RBA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello has announced the appointment of a new deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to fill the role left by the promotion of former deputy Glenn Stevens to the role of governor. After more than three decades in various ...

Asia-Pac property fund flush with cash at start-up

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
PRUPIM, part of the Prudential group, has teamed up with global property giant LaSalle Investment Management to form an open-ended pan Asia-Pacific fund that the joint venture team says is the first for the region. PRUPIM is the property investment ...

CommInsure ranked first in group risk

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
CommInsure has been ranked first in group risk in Plan For Life's latest data on the back of continued support from its top clients. Ten of CommInsure's top 30 clients went to tender in 2006 with the insurer successfully retaining all of their business ...

Opes Prime appoints head of sales

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
Opes Prime has appointed a new head of sales and marketing to help drive the expansion of the business. Mark Rice brings 12 years of financial services experience to the role, including time spent as stockbroking manager for Adelaide Bank and as national ...

PIMCO creates new head of consultant relations role

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
PIMCO has created a new position of head of consultant relations in anticipation of a sharp upswing in interest for defensive asset classes from asset consultants. Kaylee Garden has been promoted to the newly created role of head of consultant relations ...

Adviser jailed for five and a half years

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
An unlicensed Queensland adviser has been jailed for five and a half years for fraud involving hundreds of thousands of dollars of client money. Shane Hoy was sentenced to five and a half years jail by the Brisbane District Court after an Australian ...

Agribusiness cops a caning from ATO

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
Non-forestry agribusiness managed investment schemes (MIS) are set to have their taxation position drastically altered after Assistant Treasurer Peter Dutton yesterday announced the Australian Taxation Office was preparing a new Draft Ruling on the ...

Pengana adds two to team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
Pengana Capital has made two senior appointments with the recruitment of an institutional business consultant and new portfolio manager. Former chief executive officer of AvSuper, Denis Carroll, joins the Pengana team as institutional business consultant. ...

IXIS revises and renames bond fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
IXIS Asset Management Australia has revised its IXIS Sayles Global Corporate Bond Fund broadening its investment mandate and rebranding it with a new name. The fund will now be know as the IXIS Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund. It has been revised for ...

QIC cuts WestLB Mellon

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
QIC has revised the manager line up for its Implemented Australian Equities Fund, terminating WestLB Mellon's long-short mandate. QIC said the review was part of a strategy to consolidate the number of managers to increase the individual allocations ...