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Local funds hold firm on US equities

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... their exposure to US equities despite the Dow Jones Index slipping below 7,000, its lowest level in more than a decade. Melbourne based investment consultancy, JANA Investment Advisers head of investment outcomes, Ken Marshman, said the firm had not ...

UniSuper wins Investment Stewardship award

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... industry fund UniSuper has been awarded the Investment Stewardship Award in the super fund category at a ceremony held in Melbourne last night. UniSuper won the award at the Melbourne Financial Services Symposium for its strong performance record and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... PricewaterhouseCoopers' Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) for February, TD Securities and the Melbourne Institute's Inflation Gauge for February, the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) business indicators for the December ...

Plan B buys Strategic

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... Strategic Financial Management. Plan B's acquisition of Strategic will see it control a 62 per cent interest in the Melbourne-based company, which has $354 million in funds under advice and an average client portfolio value of $2.4 million. "Strategic ...

GWA opens Melbourne office

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
Global index provider, Global Wealth Allocation (GWA) has opened a Melbourne office and plans to launch a suite of Australian products in the next six months. Former GWA UK head of research, Tony Sutton returns to Australia to manage the Melbourne office ...

RiskMetrics buys Innovest

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... offices which is convenient as Innovest is also headquartered in New York and has offices in Chicago, Geneva, Paris and Melbourne. This deal comes at a time when demand for sustainability research is higher than ever. "It would be an understatement to ...

AUI adds to BDM team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... as a business development managers and, prior to that role, was employed by Asgard, Ord Minnett and Macquarie Bank in Melbourne and Morgan Stanley in London. Leach will manage the Queensland, Northern Territory and northern New South Wales operations ...

Wide Bay tags Aviva insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... Wide Bay's 45 branches across regional Queensland from Cairns to the Gold Coast, and from outlets in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. According to a press statement from Aviva, Widecover LiFE offers a fixed cash benefit of up to $500,000, with ...

Cuscal hires customers GM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... portfolios. He has an honours degree in law from Queensland University of Technology and an MBA from the University of Melbourne. Lovney's focus in leading Cuscal's Customers' division is to understand the needs of Cuscal's customers and future markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... Statistics releases retail trade data for the December quarter, and merchandise imports data for January. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Indices of Economic Activity for February also are expected. In company news, earnings season gathers pace. First ...