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SFG pursues mergers on WHK suspension

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
Financial advice firm SFG Australia (SFGA) is actively pursuing mergers with other accountancy firms, after making the decision to withdraw its proposal with WHK (WHK) Group yesterday. SFGA managing director Tony Fenning told Financial Standard that ...

Certitude to distribute Columbia Credit fund in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
US investment manager Columbia Management Investment has partnered with Certitude Global Investments (Certitude) to bring its funds to the Australian market. The Columbia Management Credit fund, which has been seeded by a prominent family office, will ...

NFP directors not engaged in fundraising

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... the Perpetual Foundation. Perpetual general manager of philanthropy Andrew Thomas urged board directors to take a more active role in fundraising, especially with the pool of government dollars for NFPs drying up. "These days, more NFP organisations ...

UBS creates APAC real estate role

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
Former Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) managing director Trevor Cooke is set to join UBS Global Asset Management (UBS) in a newly created role. Cooke will officially join UBS on May 27, 2013 as head of global real estate for Asia Pacific. According ...

Instos turning to indexing strats for alternatives

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... six in 10 have increased their allocation over the past two years. The survey forms the basis of the white paper, The New Active Decision in Beta Managemen t, which profiles how early adopters of alternative indexes are using the approach. "As institutional ...

BDO appointed administrator of the AFS Group

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
BDO Australia has been appointed as the voluntary administrator of the Australian Financial Services (AFS) Group. The creditors' report is due this Friday and the creditors' meeting has been scheduled for May 6, the administrator told Financial Standard. ...

KordaMentha appointed trustee to LM fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
The Supreme Court of Queensland has appointed KordaMentha and its affiliate firm, Calibre Capital Limited, as joint trustees of the LM Managed Performance Fund (LMPF). The Fund is the second largest mortgage investment fund in the LM group and has raised ...

Elana Rubin resigns from TAL board

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... growth for TAL," TAL chair Rob Thomas said. The TAL executive team and management expressed their appreciation for Rubin's active involvement in TAL's development initiatives and emphasised the value of her shared experiences and wisdom. Rubin also stepped ...

Planners must boost SMSF specialisation: SPAA

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... changing nature of SMSF demographics. According to Australian Taxation Office (ATO) data in the June quarter 2012, the most active SMSF members were those aged between 45 and 54, accounting for 31% of new members, with those aged between 35 and 44 making ...

CFS fund celebrates 5-year anniversary with aplomb

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... important milestone in the life of a managed fund as many superannuation fund and other large investors will not consider an active investment strategy until it has achieved a five-year record. Co-managed by portfolio managers, Rudi Minbatiwala and Jason ...