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Family businesses provide engine for recovery

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... businesses tending to set them up more often and others engaging in less formal investment activities. Despite being less active in setting up family offices, the survey showed that nearly 80% of family businesses in the emerging world and 59% of those ...

Active membership in UK occupational pensions waning

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
Between 1967 and 2011 active membership in UK-based occupational pension schemes has dropped by around 30% from 12.2 million to an estimated 8.2 million, according to the Occupational Pension Schemes Survey, 2011. However, there has been an increase ...

New MLC product protects retirees from volatility

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
MLC has outlined plans to launch a new MasterKey Investment Protection product to help Australians protect their retirement savings from ongoing volatility in equity markets. MLC's new retirement product offers two forms of protection, protected capital ...

Deutsche Bank restructures

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... Faissola who is to head the unit together with chief operating officer Jon Eilbeck. The newly integrated division combines active and passive strategies together with retail asset management in one business unit including former Corporate Banking & Securities ...

ipac securities awards Vinva $1.2bn mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
ipac securities has awarded Vinva Investment Management a $1.2 billion active long only equity mandate, following a detailed review of its manager composition in the Australian share sector. ipac's decision to award Vinva this mandate follows breaking ...

Investment management hit by downturn

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... market conditions were felt elsewhere across investment management sector early September when BlackRock lost a $1.2 billion active long only equity mandate awarded to them by iPac Securities. In existence since 2003, the mandate was comprised exclusively ...

BlackRock loses $1.2 billion iPac Securities mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
It is understood that the multinational investment management firm BlackRock has lost a $1.2 billion active long only equity mandate awarded to them by iPac Securities. The mandate is comprised exclusively of Australian equities and has been in existence ...

Fund manager loses $1 billion-plus mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... $1 billion-plus mandate An undisclosed source has revealed that a multinational investment management firm has lost an active long only mandate reported to be worth in excess of $1 billion. Watch for further updates on this breaking new story by Financial ...

Lofty A$ supports offshore ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
The high Aussie dollar (AUD) is leading to more active use of ETFs as investors seek to use the strong currency to tap markets outside Australia and gain access to a broader set of industrial sectors. Mark Oliver, head of iShares Australia said that ...

FMD acquires two fin planning firms

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
Melbourne based independently owned financial planning practice FMD Financial has acquired Investwell Financial Planning and Financial Lifestyle Managers, adding over $160 million of funds under advice (FUA) to the firm. Lee Wapling chief executive ...