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EQT wins RE mandate with Janus

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
Janus Capital Group has appointed Equity Trustees as the Responsible Entity for the recently launched Janus Global Research 130/30 Fund. Janus Capital Group is a global investment firm that comprises of three specialist investment managers - Janus Capital ...

ERSEL selects RIMES for tech

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
Italian and Luxembourg-domiciled asset manager ERSEL Sim S.p.A has selected Barra Performance on RIMES to service its performance measurement and attribution requirements. RIMES Technologies is a financial data integrator and performance solutions provider ...

IMAP elects chair

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
The Institute of Managed Accounts Providers (IMAP), the industry body for managed accounts professionals, has appointed Toby Potter, one of the industry's pioneers, as chair. Tracy Byrne, who helped establish IMAP, is stepping down as chair but will ...

AMP focuses on REITs and infrastructure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
AMP Capital Investors has signed an agreement with Brookfield Investment Management to create a $6 billion global listed real estate and infrastructure group, called AMP Capital Brookfield. AMP Capital Brookfield was formerly known as AMP Capital Redding ...

OptiMix appoints new managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... shares line-up. The OptiMix Global Emerging Markets Shares Portfolio has also added Batterymarch Financial Management and Pioneer Investment Management Limited to its portfolio, replacing PanAgora Asset Management and Deutsche Asset Management. Batterymarch ...

Cuffe joins Centric board

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... Chris Cuffe to the firm's board. Cuffe is well known for his management roles at Colonial First State where he helped pioneer the FirstChoice platform and, separately, Challenger Financial Services Group. He now works at non-profit group Social Ventures ...

Fund manager pioneers voice technology

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
Aviva Australia has teamed up with technology providers NEC and Salmat VeCommerce to use voice biometrics as a way to service its clients. The partnership means when Aviva's customers call their voice is automatically verified when they say their password. ...

Mobile phone banking on the way

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
Technology firm Sybase is hoping to pioneer the mass take-up of mobile phone banking in Australia following its successful roll-out of the same technology in Austria and Germany - with a local deal likely in the next 12 months. In 2001, paybox Austria ...

PIS partners with health advisory service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... look after the best interests of our clients,'' said Bennetts. "I think this joint venture with Health Predictions will pioneer an addition to financial advisory services that will become the national benchmark for other groups to follow." "By providing ...

NAB gambles on its IFS model

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
NAB's corporate clients must be scratching their heads after yesterday's strategy briefing from new chief executive Cameron Clyne. The corporate lending business will move out of the institutional division, nabCapital, and into the regional business ...