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H3 Global wins LG Super mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
Westpac- linked H3 Global Advisers has been awarded a $55 million mandate by Local Government Super in New South Wales, pushing its total assets under management to over $600 million. H3 Global is 45% owned by Ascalon Capital Managers, which is fully ...

Growth in popularity of lifecycle strategies: PIMCO

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
Super funds will increasingly move toward strategies such as lifecycle strategies that de-risk an investor's portfolio as members near retirement, according to PIMCO. The new research claims this approach could eventually replace existing "balanced" ...

UBS names ING IM transfers

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
Six ING Investment Management staff will move over to UBS Global Asset Management from April 1 once the integration of the firm into UBS is complete on March 30. These include Joel Fleming, Australian equities small companies, David Scott and Patrick ...

Social media an important tool for advisers

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
Success in social media is all about showing up, getting involved and adding value. That's according to Trevor Young, social media expert and strategy and innovation director at Edelman Australia, who spoke to advisers at a recent Zurich event in Sydney. ...

Zurich updates Life Risk product

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
Zurich Financial Services has made further enhancements to its life risk product which it said is aimed at speeding up the insurance process for advisers and their clients. Advisers were told about the changes at a Zurich, Life in the Express Lane event ...

Outgoing QIC chief appointed to Suncorp board

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
Outgoing QIC chief executive Doug McTaggart has been appointed as a non-executive director to the Suncorp Group board, along with Michael Cameron. Cameron is head of The GPT Group, with past roles including chief financial officer of St.George Bank ...

AUI appoints new general manager

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
Australian Unity Investments has named Fiona Dunn as the new general manager, joint ventures and institutional. Dunn has held a number of senior business advisory roles, as well as being general manager of Perpetual's wholesales business, and was a ...

CommInsure secures Tasmanian public sector fund mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
Tasmania's public sector super fund, Retirement Benefits Fund, has appointed CommInsure as its external group insurance provider. Since mid-January, 62,000 members of the fund's Tasmanian Accumulation Scheme (TAS) have been transitioned to the CBA-owned ...

Russell Investments opts out of S&P

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
Russell Investment Management has requested the Standard & Poor's ratings on 22 of its funds be withdrawn. It follows S&P Capital IQ' s announcement earlier this month that it would no longer be conducting local funds research and wealth management ...

OnePath changes in wake of UBS INGIM purchase

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
OnePath has appointed new investment managers and renamed a number of its investment and diversified investment funds. The UBS purchase of ING Investment Management (INGIM) last year means the ING IM name can no longer be used after March 2012. Former ...