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AMP Cap hires Asian stock specialist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
AMP Capital Investors appointed former Maple Brown Abbott portfolio manager, Ragavan Sivanesarajah, to portfolio manager, Asian equities. Sivanesarajah previously worked at Maple Brown Abbott as a portfolio manager and equity analyst for five years ...

Practice owners demand cultural fit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
A Centurion Market Makers survey found almost four fifths of financial planning practice owners are looking for a 'cultural fit' and a similar standard in delivering advice rather than just the right price when selling their business. The survey revealed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open marginally higher today after the return of volatility on Wall Street overnight, with all three major US indices see-sawing their way to positive closes. At 0748 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's September ...

Credit crisis flicks PRI switch

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
The number of institutions signing the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) grew by 65 per cent since the start of the credit crisis. The UNPRI has more than 400 signatories and has continued, rising by 37 per cent since the ...

Govt revises temporary res super bill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
The federal government's revised temporary resident superannuation proposal cuts employer compliance costs and allows overseas workers' super savings to grow while they remain in Australia. The revised law means employers will be able to make superannuation ...

Solaris strikes $400m FUM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
Australian equities boutique, Solaris Investment Management hit the $400 million funds under management mark after gaining a number of new clients. The ex-Suncorp team boutique declined to provide details of the new clients and investment mandate amounts ...

Deloitte hires Mercer UK for pension admin

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
Deloitte appointed Mercer UK to provide full administration services for its defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes. In total, both schemes represent roughly 17,000 members and approximately $1.6 billion in assets. Jason Pope, Mercer ...

Zurich hires investment specialist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
Zurich Financial Services Australia appointed Patrick Noble as senior investments specialist. Prior to this appointment, Noble worked at Skandia for roughly five years as investment specialist and also across distribution and investment research roles. ...

nabInvest buys stake in Singapore REIT

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... Australia Bank representatives will be appointed to CTIM's board after the Monetary Authority of Singapore approves the deal. Michael Dwyer, Oxley executive chairman, said the firm looked forward to developing CIT from a Singapore based industrial operation ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... index futures contract was down 21 points to 4950 on a volume of 8,725 contracts. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said there was no definitive lead from anywhere in the market. "It started off a bit positively, drifted down ...