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Call for change follows Perpetual 57% profit fall

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... outsourcing to Fujitsu would affect 120 positions, however it's possible some of these could be incorporated into Fujitsu's operations. Perpetual Investments pulled out of the smartsuper self managed superannuation fund administration business, closed ...

Nomura hires ex-RBS fixed income head

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... appointment. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Nomura's new leaders were considering cuts in overseas operations as part of a new strategy which is likely to focus more on Japanese-related business and profitable areas in fixed income ...

BNP Paribas IP appoints head of super

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... firms' full range of investment solutions. BNPP IP has also appointed Stephen Copeland as manager of client services and operations. Copeland joins from MLC Private Equity, where he held the role as a senior analyst. "We look forward to Angus and Stephen ...

RBC appoints director of client operations

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
RBC Investor Services has named Kevin Hogan as the new director of client operations in Australia. Prior to his new role, Hogan served as head of fund accounting at Macquarie Investment Management. He has also worked for Northern Trust and Deutsche ...

Greens plan to fell Westpac-backed logging

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... moved a motion calling on the Government to get involved in the debate over Westpac's financial backing of logging operations in the Solomon Islands. Earlier this week Westpac was identified as the guarantor of a controversial project to log more than ...

Unique investment opportunity in water

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... Chinese-owned Shenhua Coal in NSW's Hunter Valley will also come with an attendant need to own water to service mining operations, Lourey notes. It is an issue of static supply and rapidly growing demand to meet agricultural, industrial, urban and environmental ...

Two global infra hires: AMP Capital

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... made two senior appointments to its global infrastructure team. Manish Aggarwal has been appointed as investment and operations director, based in London. Aggarwal is responsible for activities spanning transaction execution, due diligence, asset management ...

Outsourcing helps UK trustees better manage funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... track record in investment research is also important. Russell noted that the interest in outsourcing more of a fund's operations is due to trustees witnessing an increase in demands on their time due to growing regulatory requirements, tougher investment ...

Nick Sherry to chair FNZ Australia

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... appointment was announced in conjunction with the promotion of current managing director for Australian and New Zealand operations Martin Jennings to the board as chief executive of Australasia. "Nick Sherry has more than 25 years' involvement in the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... announced it has secured $US1.5 billion ($A1.44 billion) in new funding for the expansion of its flagship iron ore operations in Western Australia's Pilbara region. BHP Billiton was 87 cents, or 2.78 per cent higher, at $32.17 and Rio Tinto gained $1.85 ...