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PIS expands footprint into Canada

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
Acting on its Canadian expansion strategy, Professional Investment Services (PIS) is set to take over a 100-planner strong Canadian financial planning group. PIS had been looking for Canadian expansion opportunities for the past 18 months before making ...

Adviser faces charges of pilfering $1.3m

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
A Victorian financial adviser has faced court over the misappropriation of around $1.3 million of clients' money. Matthew Leech faced Bendigo Magistrates Court for 18 charges of theft and dishonesty brought about following an Australian Securities and ...

LaSalle welcomes new client services director

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
LaSalle Investment Management has appointed a senior Mercer consultant as director of client services in Australia. David Quirk will lead LaSalle's strategy in bringing global unlisted direct real estate funds to the Australian institutional space. ...

Perennial replaces Macq on Russell's property manager team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
Russell Investment Group has removed Macquarie Investment Management Limited and appointed Perennial to manage 37.5 per cent of its Australian Properties Securities Fund as well as 20 per cent of its International Properties Securities Fund - A$ Hedged. ...

Tandem in the market for flagship practices

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
Tandem Financial Advice has flagged plans to increase the number of planning practices under its Stairway program from 12 to 22 next year. The Stairway program networks Tandem's flagship practices, giving them a peer group to share best practice ideas ...

AVCAL awards for top private equity plays

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
Australia's best private equity and venture capital players were recognised last night at the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association's (AVCAL) awards presentations, with the list of winners including Pacific Equity Partners, Investec ...

BT scores $100m Mercer mandate

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
Mercer Global Investments has awarded BT Financial Group a $100 million Australian equities mandate. The money is to be managed in an active, concentrated Australian equities portfolio and Martin Franc, BT head of sales, said the Mercer mandate is recognition ...

Aussie vice chairman for Credit Suisse Asia Pac

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
Credit Suisse has announced that its current investment bank head of fixed income and co-head of corporate client coverage in non-Japan Asia and Australia has been appointed executive vice chairman of asset management for the Asia Pacific. In his current ...

BT Wrap wins myAdviser tender

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
BT has won a market-wide tendering process to secure the business of the myAdviser group through a private label arrangement for its BT Wrap platform. The myAdviser group is made up of 45 advisers with $850 million in funds under advice. Almost $650 ...

Home equity needs to be part of retirement strategy

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
Recently re-branded financial services provider Over Fifty Group has published a paper pushing for a paradigm shift around home equity release, claiming bricks and mortar savings could plug the retirement savings gap. Over Fifty Group compiled the Commentary ...