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Van Eyk loses two, names GM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... distribution Brian Long and business development manager Luke Fitzgerald moving to Mercer while a former Macquarie exec joins the fold. Mercer hired Long and Fitzgerald to provide advisory and research services to financial planning organisations, private ...

Magellan raises cash six-fold on Euro debt fears

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
Magellan Financial Group increased the cash weighting of its Global fund from 2 per cent to 12 per cent four weeks ago due to concerns about the European debt crisis. Hamish Douglass, chief executive and portfolio manager at Magellan, said the Global ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
"Three coins in a fountain... which one will the fountain bless?" ( Frank Sinatra) It was a down day again on Wall Street overnight. It followed an up day that trailed a down day. Chances are, other markets would follow suit. But under current circumstances ...

Shadforth ramps up client book-buying strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... planners leaving the industry. Tony Fenning, head of Shadforth Financial Group, said the group's development strategy is two-fold; buying or partnering with existing businesses and buying the client books of practices looking to leave the market. He ...

Barclays Cap launches rates and FX services

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... to provide local coverage as well as trade Australian products via a dedicated onshore presence affords our clients a two-fold benefit," said Ivan Ritossa, head of global markets - trading, Asia Pacific, Prime Services and FX. "Our Australian client ...

Outback stake on Westscheme radar

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
Western Australia-based Westscheme has become a minority shareholder of RM Williams Agricultural Holdings after one of the fund's investments folded into the company. Howard Rosario, chief executive of the $2.9 billion Westscheme became a shareholder ...

Advisers to boost political clout

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... industry "has been found wanting", said AFA chief, Richard Klipin. The new Licensee Leadership Forum (LLF) operates three-fold: policy development, government interaction and policy, and incorporating licensees within the AFA media strategy. The forum ...

Research finds country bias in pension asset allocation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... alternatives. Australian pension funds for example have allocated an average 22 per cent into the asset class last year, a near three-fold increase since 1999 when the allocation was a low 8 per cent. The research also reinforced Australia's "lucky country" ...

Securitor adds planners and expands research

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... aid them in their work. Neil Younger, head of Securitor, said the dealer group, which added 26 financial planners to its fold, would have liked to add more financial planners to its ranks but is pleased with the overall result considering trying economic ...

Shadforth eyes direct shares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... service to clients. Fenning said the group is eyeing a number independent financial advice groups and practices to add to its fold. "We've gotten much more active now in terms of talking to potential equity partners and rolling in businesses to our group ...