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Credit Suisse pumps up roster

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
Credit Suisse has continued its hiring spree, with former Merrill Lynch executive Nicholas Kalikajaros to take over as managing director and head of private banking for Australia on top of three other new appointments. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Kalikajaros ...

AFS renews Oasis contract

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
AFS Group has renewed its strategy portfolio (SPL) administrative agreement with Oasis Asset Management following a nine month tender process. Peter Daly, AFS chief executive officer, said the two company's successful partnership to date, the security ...

Pentacle appoints new CEO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
Pentacle Property Funds Management has promoted Patrick Crammond to the top spot. A founding member of Pentacle, Crammond takes the reins from Bob Officer, who stepped down from executive chairman to non-executive chairman. Prior to his role at Pentacle ...

Industry dealing well with underinsurance: CommInsure

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
The local insurance industry is doing a 'good' or 'exceptional' job of addressing the issue of underinsurance, according to around 50 per cent of CommInsure's largest life risk insurance clients. The survey covered CommInsure's top 43 group risk clients ...

Alpha-beta separation boosts indexing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
The rise of alpha-beta separation and fee-for-service advice is driving new inflows into index funds, according to Susan Darroch, head of structured products at State Street Global Advisors. While recent market returns have done little to harm index ...

S&P downgrades Aust Unity insurance

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
Standard & Poor's has downgraded Australian Unity General Insurance's (AUGI) BBB rating, placing it on credit watch 'with negative implications', following its acquisition by Calliden last week. The S&P report cited Calliden's unrated nature, relative ...

Plum awash with TFNs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
Plum Financial Services' campaign to inform clients about the significance of not submitting tax file numbers post-1 July has netted a four-fold rise in submissions over the past few months, according to chief executive, Mike Fitzsimons. The number ...

SELECT scores four stars for diversified funds

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
Select Asset Management today announced that Standard & Poor's has awarded both its Select Growth Portfolio and Select Defensive Portfolio diversified funds a four star rating. S&P fund analyst Tara Bell said, "The four stars reflects our high conviction ...

ING PEAL rings in renewed PEP deal

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
ING Private Equity Access Limited (ING PEAL) has announced a continuation of its relationship with Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) with a new $10 million commitment to Pacific Equity Partners Fund IV. Through the fund, PEP will continue its focus on large ...

Wyllie launches new 'niche within a niche' company

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
Boutique investment company Wyllie Group has launched a new niche wholesale funds management division called Viburnum. The division will be 50 per cent owned by the company, with the balance of the equity held by the directors, including Viburnum chairman ...