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Resolution portfolio manager departs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
Resolution Capital co-portfolio manager Peter Hartigan has stepped down for personal reasons - prompting Standard & Poor's to place the Resolution Capital Global Property Securities Fund 'On Hold'. According to a press statement, the fund will remain ...

ERSEL selects RIMES for tech

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... as 'Studio Giubergia', Ersel focuses on asset management services. In 1983 it set up the first mutual fund management company authorised in Italy and, in 2000, was one of the pioneers in the hedge fund sector. With a staff of 170 people employed in its ...

Treasury Group names distribution execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
Peter Walsh, former head of retail at Putnam Investments in Australia, has been appointed head of retail distribution. Walsh left Putnam Investments after the firm withdrew from the retail market in Australia last year. Before joining Putnam, he was ...

Merger creates $16bn mortgage aggregator

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... chair of the group. Neustadt has previously worked on the board of Consolidated Press Holdings after a stint at McKinsey & Company in Europe. Macquarie Group holds a minority interest in the group of less than 20 per cent. Neustadt, Zulman and the three ...

Sign Say on Pay: CalPERS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
The California Public Employees' Retirement System has signed a letter from institutional investors urging financial companies to support the shareowner advisory vote on executive compensation. CalPERS was among approximately 30 investors that signed ...

NZ Super appoints Elementum Advisors

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation have appointed Elementum Advisors to manage a $140 million portfolio of catastrophe-linked securities. The initial size of the mandate will be $140 million million with potential to increase to $282 million. ...

AIST and VU unveil graduate course

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees and Victoria University have teamed up to introduce a new university course catering for trustees and other superannuation professionals. AIST and VU are delivering a new post-graduate qualification ...

Retirement savings shortfall worsens: IFSA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Australia's retirement savings gap has blown out from $452 billion six years ago to $695 billion, according to new research commissioned by IFSA. The latest research by IFSA undertaken by Rice Warner Actuaries showed Australians face a massive savings ...

Perpetual gets four stars from S&P

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
The Perpetual Split Growth Fund has been assigned a four-star rating from Standard & Poor's Fund Services, which now rates the fund in the Multi-sector - Equity peer group. Previously the fund was part of S&P's International Equities - Diversified peer ...

Bird to step down as CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... attention to these other interests," said Bird. He joined Morningstar when the firm bought Aspect Huntley in July 2006, a company that was originally named Aspect Financial before it merged with Huntley's Investment Information. Bird founded Aspect Financial ...