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FOFA reaches parliament with undisclosed feature

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
After many months of discussion, the FOFA Bill has finally reached parliament but planning associations the AFA and the FPA have slammed the motion after a new feature was revealed without prior consultation with the industry. Minister for Financial ...

ING IM equities head departs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
ING Investment Management's chief investment officer of asset strategies and alternatives, James Wright, has left the company following its takeover by UBS. A Morningstar analyst confirmed that Wright has left ING IM and will not move across to UBS ...

Happily dreaming of the end

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011

Ironbark expands account team

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
Ironbark Asset Management has hired Lucie Douez for a new key account role as the asset manager expands its team. Prior to joining Ironbark, Douez held similar roles at ING Investment Management and Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management. In the Ironbark ...

A yearning for softer yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011

The good, the bad and the whatever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... Bank, and Dexia Banque Internationale a Luxembourg - "which together represent over 90% of the group's consolidated assets." Yes, them the bad news. The ones who not so long ago gave toxic CDO's and structure investment products a glowing, shiny AAA. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
Australian shares rose by almost two per cent, boosted by investors' confidence that a Greek default would not extend beyond Europe. The local market opened more than one per cent firmer on Friday, following strong European and US leads after a tranche ...

Action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011

UBS retains OptiMix as it closes ING IM deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
UBS Global Asset Management is retaining ownership of multi manager fund-of-funds business OptiMix as it completes its acquisition of ING Investment Management, although ANZ owns its money. UBS closed the acquisition yesterday and a spokesperson told ...

Snowball chief announces exit plans

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
Tony McDonald, chief executive of transitioning planning firm Snowball Financial Group, will leave the company in 12 months but not before spending the year in a new role where he will ready the merged group for industry reforms. The move is part of ...