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Omega hires Vanguard exec

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
Specialist fixed income manager Omega Global Investors has appointed former Vanguard executive Shan Kwee as portfolio manager. Kwee will be responsible for portfolio construction and management, system design and development, attribution analysis, risk ...

Macq taps planner needs for mortgages

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
Macquarie Bank has launched a range of home loan products to cater for financial planners who want to expand their mortgage-related services. Macquarie Bank Mortgage Solutions' flagship product, Optimum Package, includes a number of options such as ...

First State Super plugs in with mobile app

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
First State Super has launched an iPhone app that allows its 530,000 members to monitor their super anytime. The super fund developed a customised mobile version of its website that allows members to check daily unit and pension prices, seminar dates ...

BNY Mellon JVs for China funds strategy

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
BNY Mellon and China-based Western Securities have received regulatory approval to develop a joint venture funds management company in China. BNY Mellon Western Fund Management is 49 per cent owned by BNY Mellon and 51 per cent owned by Western Securities ...

Invesco completes Morgan Stanley move

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
Invesco has completed the integration of Morgan Stanley's retail asset management business within the firm after buying the division eight months ago. The firm has completed the sale of Morgan Stanley's retail asset management division, which includes ...

BT Wrap signs five-year deal with DKN

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
BT Wrap has signed a further five-year investment platform agreement with DKN Financial Group. Chris Freeman, head of BT Wrap at BT Financial Group, said the firm has been working with DKN for more than a decade since the Wrap was launched in 1997. ...

Aviva Investors selects Cadis for data

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
Aviva Investors has implemented the Cadis EDM platform to its US-based office and plans to roll out the data management platform to its other offices globally. Cadis was selected after a two-week trial and review that ensured the platform could replace ...

REI Super re-signs Ibbotson

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
REI Super has re-appointed Ibbotson Associates as its investment consultant for another three years. The investment consultant was re-appointed following a due diligence process that involved a number of other tenders. Ibbotson has provided investment ...

Treasury Group director departs

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
David Cooper, executive director at Treasury Group, is leaving the company at the end of the year. Cooper joined in 2002 as manager of strategic investment and then managing director in 2008 before being appointed executive director. His role will not ...

AMP adds resources to Asian equities

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
AMP Capital Investors has added a portfolio manager and a senior investment analyst to its Asian equities team. The firm appointed James Gruber as portfolio manager and Casey McLean as senior investment analyst. Gruber joins the firm from Hong Kong-based ...