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Apostle adds to client service team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
Apostle Asset Management has hired Lucinda Hill in a client servicing role. Hill joins Apostle Asset Management from UK-based Renaissance Investment Management where she worked in a number of client servicing roles with high-end clients. "This has been ...

Euro PE market shows value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
Mid-sized European companies are presenting solid long-term value as many firms are forced to sell their businesses and assets at lower prices, according to a private equity fund-of-fund manager. Helen Steers, London partner at Pantheon Ventures, a ...

Paraplanners left out of planning reforms, for now

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
While there is incessant debate on how the planning industry can lift its governance standards to better protect consumers, there is little talk about the future for paraplanners, but that could soon change. Bloch said paraplanners shouldn't have to ...

Gen insurance posts 61pc fall in NPAT

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
APRA-regulated general insurance companies suffered a total 61 per cent drop in net profit after tax to $2.1 billion due to higher claim costs and lower interest rates last year although the industry's total assets rose 0.7 per cent to $92.7 billion ...

K2 benefits from planner focus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
K2 Asset Management's push into the financial planning market is paying off and now accounts for nearly half the fund manager's business. Andrew Hall, head of distribution at K2 Asset Management, said the fund manager's work with research firms and ...

Lifewise website nets 8,500 hits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
Insurance awareness website, Lifewise, attracted around 8,500 unique visits in three months. The industry-wide insurance campaign, which is designed to inform Australians about how to protect themselves from financial loss as a result of an accident ...

Christian Super takes $30m cash strategy in-house

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
Christian Super has pulled its $30 million cash mandate out of an external fund manager after the number of members invested in its cash option spiked from 0.5 to 8 per cent of its entire membership base. Peter Murphy, chief executive at Christian Super ...

Zurich names new global head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
Zurich Financial Services has appointed the firm's chief investment officer Martin Senn as chief executive at the start of next year as the existing chief executive retires. Aside from his role as chief investment officer, Senn also sits on the firm's ...

Officium Capital hires new 'best ideas' manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
Officium Capital has selected Souls Funds Management to manage its concentrated best ideas fund after the previous manager, MMC Asset Management was sold last month. John Nunan, chief executive at Officium Capital, said the fund didn't want to leave ...

Decimal targets super intra-fund advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
Financial planning software provider, Decimal has teamed up with two super funds to allow the funds to provide intra-fund advice cheaper and more effectively. Jan Kolbusz, managing director at Decimal, said the firm is working with super funds to allow ...