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Investec Australia hires ex-Alba Capital team

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Investec Bank (Australia) has hired a team of specialist infrastructure developers and financiers from Alba Capital Partners. Investec has moved to bolster its specialist expertise in response to market demand and the long term investment opportunities ...

Swan officially rejects ASX deal but is open to offers

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
Treasurer, Wayne Swan has this morning confirmed his rejection of the proposed merger of ASX Limited (ASX) and Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) but has insisted that he is open to offers. At a press conference in Canberra this morning, Swan told journalists ...

AMP taking its time with planning business

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
AMP's merger with AXA brings around 3000 financial planners under the same roof - almost double the size of its nearest competitor. Merging the two entities for maximum returns is a task AMP is not rushing into. Craig Meller, Managing Director of AMP's ...

Super funds to disclose pay, raise board governance: AIST

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... consensus on the more controversial changes on the table," she said. Anne MacNamara, a partner at superannuation law firm Henry Davis York, raised the issue of multiple board directorship conflicts at a governance training session. MacNamara said conflicts ...

Yesterday today tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... Bloomberg's report wouldn't be complete without a testimonial from an "expert". ""This is a fairly resilient market," said Jeffrey Davis, who oversees $5 billion as chief investment officer at Lee Munder Capital Group in Boston. "We're in a sustainable ...

Aus Ethical head of distribution departs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
Paul Harding-Davis has left his role as head of distribution at Australian Ethical Investment following a business strategy restructure at the $650 million fund manager. Harding-Davis, who was at Australian Ethical for three years and focused on the ...

Trustees call to scrap MySuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... kids from an early age and make it part of their curriculum to care about their super and take an interest in it." Noel Davis, director of Pillar Administration, took the opposite view of Gabally and Quessy in the debate, and drew on simplicity - a crucial ...

CFSGAM wins $30m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has won its first Institutional $30 million Global Resources mandate from Non-Government Schools Super (NGS). The mandate, designed to meet NGS' fund objectives, will focus on the drivers and benefits ...

AMP hires environment, social governance expert

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... reputation of investment portfolios so we are taking a firm position on how we meet and lead on these matters," said Sharon Davis said, AMP Capital director, people.

Fully hedged funds are the past decade's winners: Zenith

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... equity prices is another important factor to take into account, as this can provide portfolios with a natural hedge, Ben Davis, head of research at Zenith, told Financial Standard. For example, assets denominated in US dollars have tended to appreciate ...