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Top mandate winners woo super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
Macquarie, Schroders and BlackRock were the top three top fund managers to win the most investment mandates last year, as Australia's $1.3 trillion superannuation industry gears up for more mandate deals this year, new research shows. The latest Rainmaker ...

Nikko snaps up Singapore fund manager

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... included in the transaction. The deal also establishes a strong strategic alliance between Nikko AM and DBS Bank - the previous owner of DBS Asset Management. DBS Bank will take a 7.25 per cent stake in Nikko and the two parties will also enter into ...

MLC acquires remaining Meritum stake

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
MLC has completed its purchase of Meritum Financial Group, a planning group that MLC inherited as part of its Aviva acquisition. MLC acquired a minority ownership stake in Meritum as part of its acquisition of Aviva Australia, who was a stakeholder ...

Plato appoints senior portfolio manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
Plato Investment Management (Plato) names former State Street head of Asia ex Japan active equities (SSGA) Todd Kennedy as senior portfolio manager. Kennedy's role will start in February next year and his responsibilities will include research into ...

Affordable housing project targets investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
A property group has launched a service allowing first homebuyers and investors to purchase a new home for 50 per cent of the typical homeowner's costs. Property-Access International Ltd (PAIL) is a newly incorporated public company set up to make strategic ...

Rowe takes FPA chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... practitioner members," said Rowe. A certified financial planner (CFP) and chair-elect of the FPA, Rowe has experience as the owner and managing director of Hood Sweeney, an Adelaide based Principal member of the FPA. Presently, Rowe also chairs the FPA ...

Direct share investing gather momentum

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
If the FPA's desire for financial planning to be viewed as a profession and not just an industry is to be realised, a greater appreciation of investing in good old fashioned stocks might be a good place to start. And advisers have the perfect opportunity ...

Tower posts strong growth in direct and life ins

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
Specialist life insurance group Tower Australia has reported a 24 per cent profit growth this year to $92.3 million, buoyed by strong performance in its group and direct insurance channels. Tower's retail life business underwent significant changes ...

Tyndall names head of retail

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... head of retail, less than a fortnight after Japan-based Nikko Asset Management bought the fund manager from its previous owner, Suncorp Life. Julius' new responsibilities will include managing key relationships at dealer group and practice levels, which ...

Nation's first solar fund launched

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
Fund manager and capital adviser, Moss Capital, has launched $100 million solar energy fund. The first of its kind in Australia, the solar fund targets commercial and industrial scale solar projects with simple and inert assets for investment, in particular ...