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VFMC boosts inhouse investments by 25pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) chief investment officer, Leo de Bever, delivers on the strategy he outlined a year ago after the fund's allocation to external fund managers falls from 100 per cent before he joined to almost 75 per cent ...

City Pacific withdraws MFS offer

... the demerger of its two businesses. City Pacific said in ASX statement this morning that the group informed MFS chief Michael King late last Friday that "it intended to withdraw its merger proposal, while maintaining an interest in either the business ...

ESSSuper to offer fin planning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
ESSSuper joins a growing band of superannuation funds that are offering flat fee financial planning and accumulation products to encourage members to stay with the fund even after their retirement. Michelle Boucher, general manager of member relationships ...

Direct equities gain ground in platforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
Fund managers can't afford to be complacent after leading platform groups noted a marked shift of fund flows to direct equities instead of managed funds. Anthony Waldron, superannuation and investment manager at MLC, said that while inflows into their ...

Vanguard upgrades with SimCorp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
Vanguard Investments Australia has selected SimCorp Dimension to provide all its middle and back office services to accomodate the group's growing funds management business. SimCorp Dimension will replace the existing system including the trade capture ...

Mercer expands RI team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
Mercer has appointed six responsible investment specialists to its responsible investment consulting division citing growing demand for the sector. Jordan Berger, Kelly Gauthier, Susanna Jacobson, Eric Gelfgren, Xinting Jia and Megumi Terayama join ...

MFS director waves goodbye

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... City Pacific's $830 million offer for the firm's funds management business, but one of the firm's non-executive director, Michael Hiscock, won't be staying to find out. Hiscock has submitted his resignation today as he expressed his regret, and stressed ...

SMSFs keep portfolios unchanged

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
As many investment managers scramble to reformulate their strategies amid the market turmoil, SMSFs are staying put, according to SMSF professionals. Graeme Colley, superannuation strategy manager at ING, said, "The asset allocations might move four ...

Austock High Yield gets three stars

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
Austock Asset Management has extended its reach into the financial planning industry after its High Yield Fund received a three star rating from research specialist Standard & Poor's. According to Austock Asset Management (Austock), the fund is invested ...

GSJBWAM appoints infrastructure exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
Climate change and Australian equities specialist, Ben Hare, has been promoted to director of infrastructure at Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management. Prior to this position, Hare was an equities dealer at Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management (GSJBWAM) ...