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Industry bodies unite to create Korea forum

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
The Financial Services Council has teamed up with the Australian Financial Markets Associations and Korean Financial Investment Association to establish a Korea-Australia investment forum. The three associations signed an agreement to create the investment ...

Proposed tax rules to help instalment warrants investors

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
The minister for financial services, Bill Shorten, has expanded the range of assets covered by the income tax look-through treatment for instalment warrants. The Government has decided to broaden the look-through treatment of instalment warrants for ...

Platypus wins court case

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
A Victorian Supreme Court Justice ruled in favour of Platypus Asset Management yesterday, in its dispute with a former employee. Philip Pepe was employed as a senior analyst at Platypus from April 2006 to October 2007. In August 2008 he filed a claim ...

UBS strengthens fixed income team

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
UBS Global Asset Management is pleased to announce the expansion of its Australian fixed income team with the senior appointments of James Blair as capability manager and Jeffrey Grow as portfolio manager. Blair's role in the global capability management ...

Advisers must unite against AusFin

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... AFA chief executive officer, Richard Klipin, said. Klipin said the advice profession has experienced volumes of negative media reporting over the past few years and a concentrated industry funds advertising campaign that, by extension, discredits all ...

Health Super takes out comms award

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
The $8.9 billion Health Super has won AIST's 2010 Platinum Communications Award for Excellence for its marketing campaign targeting university students. One of nine winners in the awards this year, Health Super used a photo booth at university orientation ...

Deutsche hires investment specialist

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
Deutsche Asset Management has appointed BlackRock executive Simon Brinsmead to the role of investment specialist. He has ten years of experience in the asset management industry with six years as an investment research analyst. Most recently, Brinsmead ...

CMC taps pattern recognition for traders

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
CMC Markets has launched a new pattern recognition tool to help traders sort data, identify patterns and ease trade execution. The pattern recognition software has been integrated into an existing platform rather than using a third party provider. Pattern ...

MIR deputy MD joins Russell

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
Russell Investments has appointed the former deputy managing director of MIR Investment Management, Marian Carr, as independent director to its superannuation trustee board. Carr brings 30 years' industry experience and was previously also chief investment ...

HESTA supports nursing awards

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
The $16 billion HESTA has joined forces with the Australian General Practice Network to recognise front line health service providers through a national primary health care awards program. Earlier this month, the fund unveilled the inaugural HESTA Primary ...