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Mercer plans for post FOFA advice dominance

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
Mercer, a global industry all-rounder in research, consulting and investment funds, has its sights firmly set on the Australian financial advice industry, with plans to become a dominant player within the next decade. In its target of the retail market ...

Northern Trust MD changes hands

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... Channel Islands, based in Guernsey from November 1 this year and will report directly to Peter Cherecwich, head of global fund services and regionally to Wilson Leech, chief executive officer for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Cutts replaces ...

Western Asset brings in fixed income manager

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
Fund manager Western Asset Management, owned by legg mason, has appointed experienced portfolio manager Damon Shinnick to its Australian fixed income team. Shinnick joins as a portfolio manager and senior credit analyst focusing on the Australian and ...

Lonsec research head exits for Morningstar

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... analysis. I have known him for many years and I'm confident he will make a valuable contribution to Morningstar's global fund research activities," Serhan said. Amanda Gillespie, formerly head of investment consulting and Lonsec employee for over a decade ...

Certitude partners with Threadneedle on global fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
Certitude Global Investments will distribute international asset manager, Threadneedle Investments, Global Equity Fund, targeting the high net wealth market and retail markets. The exclusive partnership formed after Certitude completed a 12 month review ...

Super funds chase CPI linked assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... global research study by Towers Watson, in conjunction with UK newspaper Financial Times, alternative assets managed by global fund managers on behalf of pension funds grew 16% in 2010. The research, which covers real estate, private equity fund of funds ...

HFA's Lighthouse wins $500m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... advance in the global pension fund space. HFA Holdings, an Australian holding company for an industry-leading network of global fund managers, said the mandate came from a large US-based pension plan and will increase HFA's assets under management, currently ...

Shifts in Perpetual operations

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
Ratings house Standard & Poor's has put a Perpetual fund 'On Hold' on news that head of equities, John Sevior, has taken long-service leave. The Perpetual Wholesale Concentrated Equity Fund portfolio manager and head of equities, Sevior, will take a ...

Diamonds are a fund's best friends

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
Sparkling gems are luring investors with two global funds offering diamonds as a hedge against inflation and an alternative to traditional asset classes. Despite the availability of synthetic diamonds, prices for the gem have been rising for more than ...

Fund managers struggle to beat index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... outperformed the domestic index with the MSCI World ex-Australia Index rising 3.89 per cent over the first quarter - but global fund managers were unable to outpace it. Only 21 out of 71 unhedged large-cap global share strategies did better than the ...