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Treasury Group names distribution execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... Australia, has been appointed head of retail distribution. Walsh left Putnam Investments after the firm withdrew from the retail market in Australia last year. Before joining Putnam, he was an investment specialist at Zurich Financial Services and, prior ...

HOSTPLUS pushes into GC retail market

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
HOSTPLUS continues to defy convention by opening a retail shop in Queensland - the first time a non-profit super fund is opening its doors directly to the public and another signal that the Victorian fund is not afraid to expand aggressively outside ...

Boutique incubators target retail market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Boutique incubators, Ascalon Capital Managers and Treasury Group, are ramping up their retail distribution strategy to broaden their fund managers' funds under management (FUM). Mark Burgess, managing director at Treasury Group, said the firm had spent ...

Shadow shop reveals service gap among planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... actually needs. This engagement point could really be a euphemism for how strong their selling skills are in the retail market," he said. He said IFFP continually reviewed its processes and he did not think CoreData's report would damage its financial ...

PIMCO to expand Australian product suite

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... senior vice president at PIMCO Australia, said the firm had experienced an "extraordinary" amount of flows from the retail market, which increased its funds under management (FUM) by around 26 per cent to $28.5 billion year to date. He said the firm ...

BTIM wins $450m into 130/30 fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... the fund [to institutional investors] in the space of five months. "We want to reserve $100 million now for the retail market," said Franc. The fund aims to provide a return - before fees, costs and taxes - that exceeds the S&P/ASX200 Accumulation Index ...

Pengana Asian Equities goes retail

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
Diversified funds manager Pengana Capital has opened its Asian Equities Long Short Fund to the retail market. The fund was previously only accessible to wholesale investors. The fund offers investors the opportunity to participate in the growth potential ...

Planners hit by ratings pullout

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
S&P's decision to withdraw its application for a retail AFSL, effectively pulling its credit ratings from the retail market, could increase retail investors' exposure to risk and lead to a tightening of planners' approved product lists. S&P announced ...

Integrity expands team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... At the firm, he was the national BDM, responsible for the BDM team and the distribution of several funds to the retail market. Peters is the latest addition to Integrity's growing team. Only last month, the fund manager appointed former UBS Global Asset ...

Investors flock to listed property ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... ETFs. We saw the same sort of increase across the three of them. It's a real understanding of the product in the retail market," she said.