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Brookvine and ipac back Prisma

Multi-manager ipac securities has moved approximately $160 million out of BT and into Prisma Capital Partners, a US-based fund of hedge fund represented locally by alternatives consultant Brookvine. Up until last month, Ipac invested the sums with BT ...

Getting ethics back on track

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
Good advice? Check. Good investments? Check. Ethics? Hmmm. A US-based financial advice expert said ethics is the third often overlooked plank of a successful business. Speaking at the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) conference in Sydney yesterday ...

Watson Wyatt appoints new global head

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... Worldwide has appointed Carl Hess as global head of investment consulting, effective from 1 July 2008. Hess will replace Roger Urwin who takes on a newly created role focusing on the global development and delivery of investment research. Hess has been ...

FTSE war on terror

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... existing international investment strategies." FTSE Americas president Jerry Moskowitz and CSAG president and chief executive Roger Robinson said, "FTSE and CSAG identified demand from institutional investors in the US for the option to invest terror-free ...

AXA to invest $30m in life insurance

AXA Australia plans to invest more than double each year into its life insurance business to move from its position as a sixth rank provider to one of the top three in the sector. In previous years, AXA invested around $3 million to $5 million each ...

Perpetual appoints ex-Lend Lease CFO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
Perpetual has appointed Roger Burrows to the role of chief financial officer, replacing John Nesbitt, who will take up the position of group executive private wealth. Burrows joins Perpetual with over 25 years experience in a range of industries including ...

Bridges takes over as Scobie departs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... the role of associate director - global fixed interest credit at QIC. Meanwhile ex-Tyndall head of fixed income and bonds, Roger Bridges, has moved to fill Scobie's spot. Scobie will lead QIC's global credit team and will report to Robert Jewell, who ...

Disclose fees or pay $300,000 fine

Investment advisers and brokers in New Zealand must disclose their fees and remuneration upfront to investors, under new rules that come into effect today. The same rules also apply to advisers' and brokers' advertising. "Anyone who gives investment ...

Web 2 social networking websites under attack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... the trusted web," said Karel Obluk, chief technology officer at Grisoft, a company which develops AVG security solutions. Roger Thompson, chief research officer at Grisoft, said, organised cyber criminals stepped up their efforts to steal digital assets ...

Martin quits OFG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... Management before OFG purchased it. McBain is expected to continue his executive roles within Century Funds Management. Roger Dobson, chairman at OFG, said McBain's experience as board director and executive director of OFG's largest division would ensure ...