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Sanlam enters Australian market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
One of South Africa's largest listed financial services groups, Sanlam, has entered a joint venture in Australia to form Calibre Investments, a Sydney-headquartered wealth management business. Sanlam's private client arm has entered the JV. Calibre ...

Schroders appoints UBS director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
Schroder Investment Management Australia has appointed former UBS director, Jasmin Argyrou, to the Australian fixed income team as fund manager. This appointment increases the size of the Australian team to nine. In her new role at Schroders, Argyrou ...

Berends joins QSuper investment committee

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
The QSuper Board of Trustees has appointed Marvin & Palmer Associates principal Lorraine Berends to QSuper's investment committee. Berends joins specialist committee members - Michael Rice and Ian Macoun, working with QSuper trustees, Steve Ryan, Bob ...

Vanguard ETFs reach $100m mark

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
Vanguard Investments Australia's exchange traded funds (ETFs) has exceeded $100 million under management, just 10 months after their launch. Launched in May 2009, the Vanguard range of ETFs includes the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS); the ...

London exchange signs deal with FactSet

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
The London Stock Exchange has commenced a joint venture with tech firm FactSet Research Systems. The deal will see the exchange deliver FactSet's reference data via UnaVista, a web-based platform that provides validation, matching and reconciliation ...

Anderson appointed MD of Mercer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
David Anderson has been appointed managing director and market leader for Australia/New Zealand at Mercer, while the incumbent, Peter Promnitz, will now focus solely on his role as region head for Asia Pacific. Peter Promnitz has held the dual role ...

QIC taps lifecycle strategies

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
QIC has developed new lifecycle investment solutions aimed at adjusting risk to complement existing investment strategies available to super funds. The lifecycle strategies will be used to adjust the risk faced by a member as he or she approaches retirement. ...

Pensions fail to direct manager voting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
The majority of investment managers say they vote most of their pension fund clients' proxies at their own discretion - without instructions or guidance from their clients. New research from the Shareholder Association for Research and Education showed ...

Goldman Sachs backs Greek swap deal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
Goldman Sachs has defended its swap agreement with Greece, describing the transaction as "common practice" and consistent with Eurostat principles. The global investment bank said Greece entered a series of hedging agreements designed to transform foreign ...

AUSCOAL hires data transition manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
AUSCOAL Super has appointed Independent Transition Management (ITM) to help migrate its 60,000 superannuation and pensioner members onto the Bluedoor administration platform. ITM is an independent data specialist that helps clients establish and maintain ...