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Countplus subsidiary readies for acquisition

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
Countplus Limited subsidiary, Kidmans PEC, is set to acquire property and accounting group Pacific East Coast with an initial purchase consideration of $3.28 million. Entering into a share sale and purchase agreement (SSPA), Kidman will acquire all ...

Mercer appoints outsourcing head for Aust/NZ

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... search, Walsh takes the role after an internal promotion from market development leader for Australia/New Zealand and Asia Pacific region. Prior to this he held Mercer's health & benefits business leader for Australia. "Having worked across many facets ...

Credit Suisse asset management appoints new recruit

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
Evan Reedman has been appointed Credit Suisse's new head of consultant relationship for asset management in Asia Pacific based in Melbourne. Reedman comes from QIC where he was director, lifecycle strategies and also worked at JANA Investment Advisers ...

Suncorp Life combines life risk, super and investments

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... adviser distribution channel, which will drive intermediated distribution including Asteron Life, Guardian Advice, Standard Pacific and channel/dealer support services, the company said. "Being part of the Suncorp Group allows us to leverage household ...

Agile, flexible portfolios big winners for instos

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... for institutional investors rather than buying and holding strategies, argues Nick White, director of consulting, Asia Pacific for Mercer's investment business. "More institutional investors will move to a 'floating strategic asset allocation' mind-set ...

Australian economic fundamentals solid: Swan

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... Responding to the IMF update, Wayne Swan said that while Australia was "not immune" from global economic difficulty, the Asia Pacific region was "much healthier" than its global counterparts. "While no country can expect to be immune from the global ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... union representing 4,000 of its members blasted the company's board for not accepting a $711 million offer from suitor Pacific Equity Partners. Commodity-driven companies gained on the back of higher prices. Cockatoo Coal added eight per cent to 40.5 ...

Global ETP markets earn $151bn in 2011

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... The exchange-traded product (ETP) market was still lead by the US which had 5% growth in 2011 to $1 trillion while Asia Pacific (inc. Japan) assets grew by 8.3% in 2011, and now total $92.6 billion. In Europe assets growth was down 5.3% from 2010 to ...

Pengana fund manager departs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... manager and proprietary trader in both South Africa and Ireland. Pengana's Asian Equities fund invests in listed Asia Pacific securities, including those listed outside the region that have ties in Asia Pacific. According to Pengana, the fund operates ...

Aberdeen strategy team changes

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... multi-sector strategy teams have seen equities strategist, Peter Elston, promoted to the newly created role of head of Asia-Pacific strategy and asset allocation. In the Singapore-based role, Elston will be a full time regional strategist multi-asset ...