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ING IM funds 'on hold' after departures

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... directors, resigned from the firm. Departing directors, Paul Cuddy and Mark East as well as two Australian equities analysts, Michael Chun and Michael Malseed, resigned after several years at the firm. As a result, the research and ratings firm placed ...

Liquidnet trading reaches $1 billion

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
Australian buy-side institutions traded more than $1 billion in domestic securities via the electronic marketplace, Liquidnet, since it's inception in February this year. Liquidnet facilitates institutional equities trading for various asset management ...

Russell launches integrated super banking account

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
Russell Investment Group and ANZ have teamed up to provide a one stop shop superannuation, pension and banking product that allows pensioners to stay in the zero tax threshold while harnessing the flexibility of their ATM account. The Russell Private ...

Treasury Asia wins $61.9m Skandia mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Skandia Investment Group (SIG) has awarded a $61.9 million Asian mandate for its Global Best Ideas fund to Treasury Asia Asset Management. Treasury Asia Asset Management is a boutique investment manager specialising in active investment management in ...

Australia gets Chinese QDII status

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Australian financial services operators will now get direct access to Chinese domestic investment funds after Australia was approved as an official investment destination under the Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) scheme. The QDII scheme ...

AMP launches Loan Cover

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
AMP is using mortgage brokers to address Australia's under insurance problem with Loan Cover, a simple personal insurance product which requires no underwriting. Loan Cover includes up to $500,000 terminal illness and death cover and can be distributed ...

Challenger JV opens EM infrastructure doors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Challenger Financial Services and global trading company Mitsui & Co have signed a joint venture agreement to develop an infrastructure focussed investment management business in Singapore and launch an emerging markets infrastructure fund. Mitsui & ...

Bakers launch alt energy retail fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Alternative energy adviser and fund manager Bakers Investment Group (BIG) is launching its alternative energy retail fund, Bakers Alternative Energy Customised Portfolio. The fund will invest in roughly 75 to 100 Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) ...

Asgard enhances SMSF admin

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Asgard Wealth Solutions partnered with smartsuper to improve its self managed super fund (SMSF) administration service to its clients. The agreement allows Asgard to provide a broader administration service for trustees, members and advisers. Previously ...

ML appoints SWF head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
Leading wealth management and capital markets firm, Merrill Lynch, has appointed Fares Noujaim to global head of sovereign wealth funds (SWF), as the sector's importance continues to swell. Noujaim was also appointed president of the firm's business ...