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GVI shifts retail weight to insto

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
Homegrown fund manager Global Value Investors (GVI) flags plans to offer its flagship retail fund to institutional clients. Established in February 2005, the GVI is seeking to launch its flagship Global Industrial Share Fund to institutional clients. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... 15 per cent. "All companies in the financials sector are getting hit at the moment," said Austock senior client adviser Michael Heffernan. Mr Heffernan said margin calls also would have driven shares like Challenger's lower. "I think the weakness in ...

Pengana buys Saltbush

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
Pengana Capital has acquired the Saltbush Absolute Return Fund, which has outperformed the ASX 300 Accumulation Index by 6.8 per cent over the last 12 months. John Parker and Stephen Goldberg, joint portfolio managers of the fund, join the team, with ...

Aberdeen promotes Bovingdon to CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed Bill Bovingdon to chief executive of the Australian business, succeeding Charlie Macrae at the end of March. Macrae will take a different role within Aberdeen Asset Management's fund's team in London. Bovingdon ...

ING buys 37.5pc stake in Sentry

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
ING Australia extends its distribution business after buying 37.5 per cent of Perth-based dealer group, Sentry Financial Group. ING Australia (INGA) occupies a seat on Sentry Financial Group's board as part of the funding arrangement. Ross Bowden, INGA ...

Good governance pays 18pc more

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
UK companies with exceptional corporate governance records generate returns 18 per cent higher than those with poor records, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The study analysed 654 UK FTSE All-Share companies over four years to ...

Govt creates super advisory

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
The federal government has created a Superannuation Advisory Group to provide technical expertise and consultation on relevant proposals within the superannuation industry. The Superannuation Advisory Group met at Parliament House in Canberra for the ...

Garvan FP adds three

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
MLC-owned Garvan Financial Planning has added Battistella Financial Services, McNeany Financial Services and Vertex Group to its license. McNeany Financial Services and Vertex Group join Garvan Financial Planning (Garvan) from Professional Investment ...

Asgard automates data feeds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
Asgard Wealth Solutions has adopted External Platform Interface standards that automatically streamline customer data from the Asgard platforms to the desktops of financial planners using VisiPlan. Created by Coin and VisiPlan, External Platform Interface ...

Eclectic looks for IMPACT

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
Hedge fund manager, Eclectic Capital Management, has chosen Impact Investing software for its absolute return portfolio construction and management. Impact Investing's IMPACT software will support the firm's investment risk and long/short position analysis ...