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Treasury Group to announce Souls strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
Treasury Group has bought Souls Funds Management and plans to announce a new investment team line-up following the resignation of the fund manager's chief investment officer, Frank Villante, this month. Mark Burgess, managing director at Treasury Group ...

Suncorp Life appoints group risk head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
Suncorp Life has appointed former head of wholesale risk at CommInsure, Michael Back, as executive manager of group risk. Aside from his role CommInsure, Back has also held a number of group insurance roles at AMP, Colonial and NSP Buck. Back will report ...

Perkovic moves from Count to CFS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
Marianne Perkovic, has left her role as chief executive at Count Financial, to join Colonial First State as general manager of distribution. Perkovic worked at Count Financial for over 11 years across several management roles including general manager ...

ING wins $1bn employer super book

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
ING Australia is transitioning the Legg Mason Corporate Super Mastertrust book, which represents $1 billion in funds under management across 20,000 member accounts, to the firm's Corporate Super suite. The firm won the trusteeship of Legg Mason Asset ...

Canadian pensions pounce on Aus toll road firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
The Canada Pension Plan and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, two of the biggest pension plans in Canada, set its sights on Australian-based toll road owner and operator group, Transurban. Australia's super fund infrastructure asset strategy appears to ...

AMP Cap revamps Asia Pac equities team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
AMP Capital Investors has revamped how it researches Asia Pacific equities by bringing together the Asian, Capital and New Zealand teams and organising the group along market sectors. The revised approach means the research teams will focus on sectors ...

AMP circles AXA Asia Pacific

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
AXA Asia Pacific independent directors have rejected AMP's $4 billion bid for AXA's Australian and New Zealand businesses, creating the first hurdle in a landmark deal that could, if it goes through, create a new Australian insurance and financial planning ...

AMP Cap funds 'on hold' as Armor leaves

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... 'on hold'. Armor headed the AMP Capital Investors after the firm's veteran, John Whiteman, left in 2007. Working with Michael Hughes, Armor was responsible for the AMP Capital Equity fund and was co-portfolio manager for the AMP Capital Small Companies ...

Solaris performance fee option wins $1bn from instos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
Solaris Investment Management clocked $1 billion from institutional investors within seven months under its unusual low fixed fee plus performance-fee based payment structure - proof that Frontier's proposed flat dollar fee model has massive insto appeal. ...

AMP Capital hires Barnes as senior portfolio manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
AMP Capital Investors has hired former JPMorganChase global portfolio manager, Greg Barnes, to a new role as senior portfolio manager of Australian equities. Barnes has more than 20 years investment experience, spending eight of those years at JPMorganChase ...