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Schroders expands fixed income capability

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
Schroders Investment Management has appointed Stuart Dear as a fund manager within its fixed income and multi-asset team. The appointment follows Dear's departure from his role as senior fixed income portfolio manager at Aberdeen Asset Management that ...

FSC elects deputy chairman

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... Services managing director Craig Meller has been elected deputy chairman of the Financial Services Council. Meller joins Schroder Investment Management Australia's chief executive officer, Greg Cooper, as deputy chair, as well as Macquarie Bank group ...

Volatility hits managed funds despite March boost

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
Retail managed funds grew by $22.4bn during the first quarter taking the total to $510.5bn for the year to March, down 1.8% on the corresponding 2011 figure. The 4.6% growth in funds during the quarter however will since have been undone, according ...

Schroders restores Aus equities team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
Schroders has appointed two analysts to the Australian equities team, taking the team back to 13 following departures in March. The new appointments, David Heard and Ray David, were made in response to Kent Jensen and Alex Mears leaving the firm in ...

Fund giant T. Rowe Price stamps brand in Australian equities

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
Global investment firm T. Rowe Price has launched its Australian equities fund this week, hoping its long-term track record running global equities will appeal to super funds that want a domestic equities portfolio backed by a global outfit. It's early ...

AustralianSuper wins landmark IBM mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... 2011 caused a further assessment of the merits of continuing to run a standalone corporate fund," the notice said. Paul Schroder, general manager - growth and new opportunities at AustralianSuper said the IBM move to outsource super would likely be a ...

Schroders loses two analysts

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
Standard & Poor's said its ratings on Schroders' Australian equity fund are unchanged following the resignations of two analysts. The agency said Kent Jensen is returning home to Norway while Alex Mears has decided to take a career break. "We are comfortable ...

FICAP's Wannabe Rockstars a huge hit

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
Ten of the finance industry's Wannabe Rockstars battled it out this week in FICAP's annual "Who wants to be a RockStar?" event at Sydney's iconic Metro Theatre. The award for FICAP 2012 RockStar of the Year went to Jamie Thomas from ANZ, with a rendition ...

Wannabe RockStars take to the stage for annual fundraiser

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
Ten of the finance industry's wannabe RockStars will take to the stage tonight to battle it out for FICAP's annual "Who wants to be a RockStar?" event. This year's event is raising funds for the YWCA NSW 'FICAP Voices' mentoring program and Open Family ...

Retail trumps wholesale in managed funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
Unitised wholesale funds have dropped 9.3% over the year against a 5.1% decline in retail funds under management, on the back of nervous investors and volatile markets. The latest analysis on the managed funds market from Plan for Life Actuaries identifies ...