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Colchester Global Investors hires local distribution head

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... and an alpha program, the $46 billion asset manager is based in London and also has offices in New York, Singapore and Sydney. Colchester has managed money for many Australian institutions for a number of years, with local assets under management now ...

OneVentures says VC needs scale in Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... innovation economy. This was a view presented by OneVentures partner Melissa Widner at a media briefing yesterday. It backs the Sydney-based venture capital firm's belief that there needs to be a greater focus on funding later stage companies in Australia. ...

Confused environment leads to Aussie stock volatility

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... reporting season. This is the view of Avoca Investment Management portfolio manager John Campbell, who told a briefing in Sydney yesterday that Australia's reporting season "saw some extreme volatility in stock prices at both ends of the spectrum." "Daily ...

Wilson AM commits to Pledge 1% philanthropy movement

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... equity, or 1% of employee time to improve communities around the world. Speaking at the Nexus Australia Youth Summit in Sydney, Wilson Asset Management chairman Geoff Wilson said the company's commitment to making a difference involved donating in excess ...

Ignition Wealth appoints investment committee chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... officer Mike Giles, chairman Peter Meurer, advisory board member Tom Pockett and a dozen senior staff in the company's North Sydney offices.

DomaCom starts bookbuild for LGBTI retirement village

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
As the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras gears up for its big parade this weekend, DomaCom has begun to bookbuild Australia's first purpose designed retirement home for the gay community. The Linton Estate in Ballan, Victoria, was founded by ...

BT awarded Life Company of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... awarded 2015 Life Company of the Year at a ceremony hosted by Plan for Life and the Association of Financial Advisers in Sydney last night. BTFG collected three of 13 awards on offer, also winning the Income Protection Award and Claims Team of the Year. ...

Investment analysts overpaid and mostly redundant: Moore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... from closet tracker funds, according to veteran chief investment officer of PM Capital, Paul Moore. At a lunch briefing in Sydney, the fund manager who also founded the $2.2 billion global equity boutique, took aim at fund managers who failed to take ...

ANZ Wealth alternatives head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... 2006 to 2009. He was also head of futures sales at J.P. Morgan and a futures trader and broker at Mercantile House Group, Sydney Futures Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade. Ford's departure occurs alongside ANZ's announcement that it is simplifying ...

H2 Ventures scores Investec funding

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... Ben Heap and Toby Heap in 2015 and recently launched the third round of its H2 Accelerator at its base in Stone & Chalk, Sydney's fintech hub. Investec Australia's David Phillips said the group believes in entrepreneurs and "we are backing Ben and Toby ...