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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney appoints Aus chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has appointed former managing director of Commonwealth Securities (CommSec), Matthew Comyn, as chief executive of its Australian wealth management business. Comyn starts his role in the final week of February at a time when ...

Cannae Capital joins Investors Mutual

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... worked at Perennial Value Management as a portfolio manager. Three other Cannae analysts; Daniel Mueller, Daniel Moore and Michael O'Neill will also work for IML. Tagliaferro said he's known Giddy since 2001 and they both have very similar investment ...

Emerging markets look expensive: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
David Bassanese's exchange traded fund (ETF) research found emerging market stocks are starting to get expensive but it remains bullish on local equities. The Pennywise Investment January report said the price-to-book value across emerging market stocks ...

130/30 strategies slammed for high fees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
Some Australian equity extension fund managers, which include 130/30 investment strategies, are charging excessive fees for poor performance, according a report. The van Eyk Australian Equities Extension Sector review of more than 10 fundamental and ...

Five Oceans gains China and India fund mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
Five Oceans Asset Management has been selected by financial planning group Garnaut Private Client Advisers to manage its China and India investment fund. Ross Youngman, chief executive at Five Oceans Asset Management, said Garnaut Private Clients had ...

TAAM to add two more clients

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
Treasury Asia Asset Management (TAAM) is close to signing two more clients before the end of the first quarter. Peter Sartori, chief investment officer at TAAM, said the fund manager has the capacity to take on board some more funds from pension and ...

AIA Australia execs leave

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
Niall McConville, national dealership manager, and David Mounsey, head of adviser services at AIA Australia, have left the insurer. Damien Green, chief executive at AIA Australia, declined to comment on the departures but said he understood McConville ...

Tax breaks no enough: seniors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... than tax breaks to help baby boomers stay in the workforce beyond the average retirement age, argues an industry body. Michael O'Neill, chief executive at National Seniors, welcomed head of Treasury, Ken Henry's, proposal for tax concessions to encourage ...

CFS signs distribution deal with Aspect

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... structured products using Aspect's alpha-generating capacity throughout the year," he said. Anthony Todd, Martin Lueck, Michael Adam and Eugene Lambert founded Aspect Capital. The deal means Aspect Capital's distribution arrangement with Select Asset ...

Shadow shop reveals service gap among planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
A secret "shadow shopping" exercise on the services provided by the Industry Funds Financial Planning (IFFP) group found their advisers are not as good as independent financial advisers (IFAs) and bank-aligned planners. The CoreData report, The Industry ...