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PIS calls for industry and retail ceasefire

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
Professional Investment Services (PIS) managing director, Grahame Evans, is calling for retail and industry super funds to put their philosophical differences aside and work together to provide a broader financial advice service to consumers. "I would ...

New era in fee disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... 18 months since it was introduced in July 2006. The guideline has the potential to shake the industry to the core, said Graham Peatey, managing director at Encore Group, a consulting firm for financial planners. First, he said that while a majority of ...

Alternatives: shock absorbers of sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... investing. A good example is infrastructure. "Australia's probably led the way in areas like infrastructure," said Robert Graham-Smith, portfolio manager at Select. "We read a lot of anecdotal evidence that infrastructure is a newly discovered asset ...

SELECT guides investors to managed futures

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... exposure to foreign currency fluctuations and extremely volatile markets when using managed futures. That said, Robert Graham-Smith, SELECT portfolio manager of the firm's alternative portfolio, said managed futures can really come into their own and ...

CBA still seeding Colonial funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
Seed funding for a couple of landmark infrastructure investments by Colonial remains on the balance sheet of Commonwealth Bank, in one case more than 15 months after the bank tipped in the capital. In an investor briefing on the bank's wealth management ...

HSBC names new head in personal fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
HSBC has appointed Graham Heunis as head of personal financial services in Australia. Heunis will be responsible for HSBC's retail bank as well as its consumer finance and cards operations in Australia. He was previously responsible for HSBC's retail ...

Macquarie launches defensive options

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... and consistent in income, has also risen," said Macquarie Banking and Financial Services Group Executive Director, Tony Graham. "The Macquarie Cash XL draws on our experience in cash to create a savings product that provides a high yielding parking spot ...

PIS to list best practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
Professional Investment Services (PIS) is planning to list a business which will feature some of its top financial planning and accounting practices. The division's holding company, Professional Investment Holdings, intends to purchase 20 to 25 per ...

Future Fund investment team expands

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... senior consultant. Her previous experience includes roles with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in Melbourne and New York. Duncan Graham will start his role as senior analyst, private markets in April with a focus on property and will report to Barry Brakey. ...

CFS GAM chief to leave

Warwick Negus, chief executive of Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM), will step down from his role in June to pursue new business ventures. Commonwealth Bank has not renewed Negus' three-year contract which ends in June this year. ...