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Zurich continues Investments restructure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
Zurich Financial Services Australia has announced further changes to its Investments business following the merger of the sales and operational teams of Life & Investments in March this year. Tim Meggitt, formerly head of key accounts and research has ...

QIC awards Molpus alternative timber mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
Investment manager QIC has awarded a mandate to US-based Molpus Woodlands Group, with the timber specialist purchasing 42,000 acres on behalf of the QIC Alternative Beta Fund. QIC is not disclosing the dollar value of the mandate, although it is believed ...

Hunter Hall chief executive exits

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
David Buckland will resign as chief executive officer of Hunter Hall International Limited, following 11 years with the firm. Six equities funds were put on hold yesterday following the announcement, with ratings agency Standard & Poors concerned that ...

Macquarie profit drops 24.6pc

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
Macquarie Group's full-year profit fell 24.6% to $730 million, with subdued global market conditions impacting institutional and retail client volumes and product demand. "The year to 31 March 2012 saw substantially lower levels of client activity in ...

BT Ethical divests last News Corp share

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
BT Ethical Fund today joined the ranks of other Australian-based ethical investment specialists in being free from holdings in News Corp. As News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch testified before the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics, BT Ethical has confirmed ...

Count taps Clark, expands BDM network

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
Former BT Financial Group executive Judy Clark has moved to Count Financial in the newly created role of senior executive member development. According to a memo circulated to members on Tuesday from chief executive David Lane, Clark's team aims to ...

GESB awards $2.3bn in bond mandates

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
WA super provider GESB has awarded four global bond investment mandates to Wellington Management Company LLP, Franklin Templeton Investments Australia Ltd and PIMCO Australia Pty Limited, worth a total of $2.3bn. The mandates will cover two global bond ...

EQT wins Austock Life mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Life insurance company Austock Life has added Equity Trustees Limited's Mortgage Income Fund to its Imputation Bond menu. "It is very important to many of our investors - especially those using the Imputation Bond's estate planning and aged care strategies ...

Poirier to exit BNP Paribas Investment Partners

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Co-head of institutional business development, Marian Poirier is leaving BNP Paribas Investment Partners following the announcement the firm would be ending their alliance with MFS. "Marian has contributed to BNPP IP's Australian business over the past ...

CGT relief paves way for super mergers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Merging superannuation funds will receive capital gains tax relief in the upcoming Budget, opening the way for the finalisation of a raft of proposed mergers, particularly in the not-for-profit superannuation space. Minister for Financial Services and ...