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Solaris adds to team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
Solaris Investment Management adds another member to its dealing team after promoting two senior executives. Michael Bell, currently the fund's head of dealing and High Alpha Product Specialist, will take on an analyst/portfolio manager role starting ...

AXA APH extends deal with NAB

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA APH) has agreed with National Australia Bank (NAB) to extend the agreement until 29 March this year but all eyes remain on the ACCC's decision next month. The agreement means the terms deed has been extended from 17 December ...

Currency managers on notice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
One of the largest currency managers in the world has teamed up with index firm FTSE to develop an index that allows super funds to compare which currency strategies are top of the league. The FTSE Currency Forward Rate Bias Index Series, developed ...

BT Super for Life hits the mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
BT Financial Group won 5,000 new BT Super for Life customers in just six weeks through Westpac-owned channels Bank SA and St.George Bank. Melanie Evans, head of superannuation at BT Financial Group, said the successful campaign are due to the bank's ...

Instos gain Asian dark pool market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... the hunt for liquidity simpler, more efficient and ultimately should reduce costs for fund managers and investors," said Michael Corcoran, head of sales and trading, Asia at ITG.

ING focuses on executive governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
Following public outrage against big financial institutions acting irresponsibly, Europe-based ING Group's top 200 managers have signed a company memorandum that binds them to act with integrity at all times. Signatories to the principle's vow to act ...

Asset consultants under fee pressures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... to answer questions in the minds of many trustees: are they worth their paycheques? Pregnant pause, which facilitator Michael Dwyer, First State Super chief executive, took as his cue to say the answer must be in the negative. But giving an elaborate ...

Van Eyk travelling quite well: Thomas

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
Van Eyk didn't make a lot of money last year but it is publishing more research and refusing to budge on how it charges for ratings, said Mark Thomas, managing director at the firm. Speaking at van Eyk's 7th Annual Conference, Thomas said although van ...

Ambassador searches for additional FM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Ambassador Funds Management Services is searching for another fund manager to represent in Australia, particularly in the global equities small cap market, after hiring an additional associate director. Peter Tiffin, director at Ambassador, said the ...

ETF Securities signs Taurus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
ETF Securities has announced a mandate with Taurus Funds Management to provide the fund manager a platform to trade gold and other metals using exchange traded commodity (ETC) products. Taurus' flagship fund is a gold and precious metals fund. The fund ...