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TOWER announces $70 million special dividend

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... insurance business in May this year. TOWER sold the majority of its life insurance to business to fellow Kiwi life insurer Fidelity Life Assurance for $189m. Chief Executive David Hancock said TOWER eventually intends to return a total of $114.5 million ...

Demographic megatrends drive earnings well into the future

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... investment analysts' typical three-year horizon, creating opportunities to take advantage of mispriced stocks, according to Fidelity portfolio managers Hilary Natoff and Nicola Stafford. The London-based equity experts, in Australia to promote their ...

Fidelity joins Calastone's automated funds transaction network

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has joined Calastone's global funds transaction network. The deal sees Calastone automate flows from participating platforms and custodians into Fidelity's Australian fund range. "Fidelity welcomes the automation of this ...

R&D focus giving Asian companies greater pricing power

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... Asian companies are spending on research and development means many are fast becoming world beaters, according to one Fidelity portfolio manager. Presenting to more than 300 advisers at an event in Sydney with regional planners joining online, Fidelity ...

Goldman Sachs AM builds up third party distribution team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... report to GSAM head of Third Party Distribution Jessica Jones. Besley was previously business development manager at Fidelity, and has worked at AXA, ANZ and CBA in Australia and the UK. This is the latest in a string of appointments in this branch of ...

Fidelity launches new mid-small cap Australian equity fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
Fidelity has launched a new Australian equity fund focusing on the mid- and small-cap market. The Fidelity Future Leaders Fund will comprise a portfolio of between 40 and 70 stocks from outside the Australian market's 50 largest companies. The fund ...

Fidelity Worldwide Investment cuts minimum investment amounts

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
Fidelity Worldwide Investment (Fidelity) has reduced the minimum initial investment amount required for all its funds in Australia from $500,000 to $25,000. Before this, Fidelity's product range had been available for a minimum initial investment amount ...

Fidelity set to expand Australian presence

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
New Fidelity country head Michael Bargholz has confirmed plans to expand Fidelity's investment capability in Australia with a number of new products. The global asset manager's top-performing Australian equities provision will be grown to include a ...

Fidelity appoints new country head

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has appointed Michael Bargholz as managing director, Australia. He will report to Asia Pacific ex-Japan managing director Mark Talbot and takes up his new position immediately. Bargholz's appointment follows the departure ...

No need to fear 1994-style crash

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... Federal Reserve will get their policy action right, and there is no need to fear a 1994-style crash in bonds, according to Fidelity Worldwide Investment head of quantitative research David Buckle. Global bonds and equity markets have shown signs of stress ...