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MLC reviews MasterKey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Financial planners may be able to access more fund managers and investment products on the MLC MasterKey platform following a review. Brent Howells, head of product, MasterKey at MLC, said the firm is reviewing the investment options on the platform ...

Hillross buys Rabo Financial Advisors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
Hillross Financial Services has bought Rabobank Australia & New Zealand's Rabo Financial Advisors, in a deal that sees the bank's financial planning arm move to the Hillross brand in just a few weeks. Rabo Financial Advisors represents 40 staff including ...

Emerging markets could be heading for bubble

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Emerging market equities valuations could be headed for a 'bubble' given the amount of liquidity in listed markets and the number of large institutions set to pump funds into the region, one fund manager has warned. Allan Conway, global head of emerging ...

AXA planners may not need to rebrand: AMP

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
AXA Australia's financial planning network may not have to rebrand under the AMP name, except for the financial planning network bearing the French-based group's name, if the merger proposal is successful, according to Craig Dunn, chief executive at ...

Treasury Group to announce Souls strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
Treasury Group has bought Souls Funds Management and plans to announce a new investment team line-up following the resignation of the fund manager's chief investment officer, Frank Villante, this month. Mark Burgess, managing director at Treasury Group ...

Perkovic moves from Count to CFS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
Marianne Perkovic, has left her role as chief executive at Count Financial, to join Colonial First State as general manager of distribution. Perkovic worked at Count Financial for over 11 years across several management roles including general manager ...

ING wins $1bn employer super book

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
ING Australia is transitioning the Legg Mason Corporate Super Mastertrust book, which represents $1 billion in funds under management across 20,000 member accounts, to the firm's Corporate Super suite. The firm won the trusteeship of Legg Mason Asset ...

Canadian pensions pounce on Aus toll road firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
The Canada Pension Plan and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, two of the biggest pension plans in Canada, set its sights on Australian-based toll road owner and operator group, Transurban. Australia's super fund infrastructure asset strategy appears to ...

AMP circles AXA Asia Pacific

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
AXA Asia Pacific independent directors have rejected AMP's $4 billion bid for AXA's Australian and New Zealand businesses, creating the first hurdle in a landmark deal that could, if it goes through, create a new Australian insurance and financial planning ...

AMP Cap revamps Asia Pac equities team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
AMP Capital Investors has revamped how it researches Asia Pacific equities by bringing together the Asian, Capital and New Zealand teams and organising the group along market sectors. The revised approach means the research teams will focus on sectors ...