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Full steam ahead for Aberdeen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
Aberdeen Asset Management confirms it will proceed with its $540 billion acquisition of a slice of Credit Suisse's Global Investors business as planned, despite S&P placing 29 Credit Suisse funds "on hold". Aberdeen said last month that it would buy ...

Snowball FUA grows $700m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... under advice changing hands in the past six months. The report identified a number of smaller groups which included Credit Suisse, Mercer Wealth Solutions, Austock and Snowball as businesses busily consolidating over that time frame. In October, Snowball ...

Mercer invests $35m in commodities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... which is available on BT Wrap as well as Asgard and netwealth platforms. Mercer's interest in commodities follows Credit Suisse Asset Management opening its enhanced commodity fund to the retail and institutional market. The fund was initially seeded ...

Credit Suisse appoints private banking head

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
Credit Suisse has appointed Ray McGregor as managing director and head of private banking Australia. McGregor will be based in Sydney reporting functionally to Francois Monnet, head of private banking Southeast Asia and Australasia, and locally to country ...

WW revises structure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... previously chief investment officer at Intech Investment Consultants and has also held portfolio strategy roles at Credit Suisse First Boston and Merrill Lynch. Watson Wyatt is made up of 130 investment consultants involved in manager research, conducting ...

Three funds top Lonsec Ratings

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... the victors with the highest rating. Meanwhile, three funds were upgraded as a result of the review including the Credit Suisse Australian Small Companies Fund (from Hold to Recommended), Macquarie Australian Small Companies Fund (from Investment Grade ...

CSAM opens commodity fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
Credit Suisse Asset Management is to offer its enhanced commodity fund to the retail and institutional market as a way for investors to gain returns that are uncorrelated to equity markets. The Credit Suisse Enhanced Commodity Fund was launched roughly ...

Adam Smith hires portfolio manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... manager within its small cap Australian equities team. Atkinson has been a portfolio manager at MMC Asset Management, Credit Suisse Asset Management and Deutsche Asset Management for the past nine years. He has a Bachelors degree in business, a Masters ...

WW opens Aus portfolio construction shop

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... Intech Investment Consultants where he worked as chief investment officer. He also held portfolio strategy role at Credit Suisse First Boston and Merrill Lynch, portfolio manager roles at AMP Asset Management and the Reserve Bank of Australia as an economist. ...

Credit Suisse nabs AMF stake

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
Credit Suisse Group has acquired an 80 per cent stake of National Bank of Canada-owned Asset Management Finance Corp. Credit Suisse confirmed in a statement that it paid $446 million for over 80 per cent of AMF. The Canadian company provides capital ...