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Masters of Financial Regulation on offer for first time

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
As the Australian financial regulatory sphere becomes more complex, Macquarie University is set to offer a new master's degree in financial regulation. The tertiary institution has teamed up with Promontory Financial Group to offer the course, said ...

Lonsec bought by FRH

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... Lonsec's new owner, FRH, has three directors and three shareholders - Jason Clarke is managing director with Mark Carnegie and Jeff Bresnahan as the other two directors. Bresnahan is the founder and managing director of SuperRatings and Carnegie co-founded ...

Ratings wrap

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
AQR Capital Management, Hunter Hall Investment Management and Russell Investment Management have all received ratings boosts. The AQR Wholesale Managed Futures 1P Fund, an alternative strategy product focused on thematic futures received a four star ...

Calls for more investors in Great Southern class action

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Thousands of investors are anticipated to come forward in the class action against failed agribusiness, Great Southern Managed Investment Schemes. Already some 2,000 investors are part of the case, which returns to court on May 27 seeking further documents ...

Legg Mason funds plug retiree gap

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... yields to sustain them through retirement," said Reece Birtles, chief investment officer for Legg Mason Australian Equities. Jeff Rogers, chief investment officer, Ipac Investment Services which are offering the equity income fund, said the new funds ...

Planners upscale with managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... (MDA) licensing. "The onus of responsibility on planners is much higher because of the transparency of these products," said Jeff Mitchell, senior investment consultant at Standard & Poor's Fund Services.

May go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Uh-oh, this is the last day for equity investors to decide whether or not to "sell in May and go away". An article Reuters published on 27 April reminded me so. In it, Reuters wrote, "Jeffrey Hirsch, publisher of the Stock Trader's Almanac, offers some ...

Great Southern case rages on

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Investors in a class action against failed agribusiness firm Great Southern live to fight another day after access to new documents has been approved. In a hearing held April 4, former Great Southern directors, Peter Patrikeos and Jeffrey Mews were ...

Russell commodities fund on hold

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
Andrew Sneddon, portfolio manager for Russell Investments said the fund, which has $50 million worth of assets under management, will now be managed on a slightly more aggressive footing by the Stamford, Connecticut, based managers. "It's essentially ...

UBS in talks with small-caps team

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... management as at December 31, including money outsourced from AMP capital investors. This month, UBS also lost key banker Jeff Emmanuel who left to become vice chairman at CITI's Australian and New Zealand operations. Emmanuel had been UBS Investment ...