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Former Liberal leader named Equiti Capital chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
Equiti Capital has announced former Federal MP and Opposition leader, Dr John Hewson AM, as its new chair. Opposition leader from April 1990 to May 1994 for the Liberal party, Hewson was formerly an economist for the Australian Treasury (Census and ...

Challenger investment head lands Omgeo chair role

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
Ross Gulliford, Challenger's head of investment operations for business services, has stepped up as the new head of the Omgeo Australia Advisory Board, replacing AllianceBernstein's Damian Davies. Gulliford, a board member since 2005, has worked in ...

H2O scores Mercer mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
Mercer Investments has nominated a $100 million mandate to London-based global bond manager, H2O Asset Management. The mandate was allocated into the global sovereign and currency strategy, as announced by H2O's Australian affiliate, Apostle Asset Management. ...

Russell brings out toolkit against volatility

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
Market volatility has lead to the launch of an online toolkit, to help investors and advisers learn from current markets and adapt to changes. Russell's Volatility Toolkit is free for anyone to access and provides daily perspectives on changes in capital ...

Advisers prep for 'back-to-basics' investing

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
A return to safe investments and investor aversion to risk is predicted following recent market fluctuations, but advisers are firm that strong planning principles remain the same. Perpetual Private Wealth has predicted a return to 'back-to-basics' ...

ANZ planners receive funding facility

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
ANZ financial planners will have the option to use a new funding facility from ANZ to expand their businesses or refinance their existing practices, as part of the group's broader recruitment and succession strategy. Just launched, the ANZ Practice ...

Trio chair ban and Richard jailed

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
Former chairman and director of failed super trustee Trio Capital, David Andrews, is to be excluded from the financial services industry for nine years while Astarra director, Shawn Richard, has been handed down a two and a half year jail sentence. ...

Investors eye aged care infrastructure

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
Foreign and domestic investors are circling the aged care infrastructure industry after this weeks final report on the aged care sector from the Productivity Commission gave way to mergers and acquisitions opportunities for domestic and foreign investment. ...

BTFG launches TV ads to ease investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
BT Financial Group's chief economist, Dr Chris Caton, is appearing on televisions nationwide today with a call for calm in the investor community to prevent rash decisions in light of market uncertainty. The one-off television advertising campaign features ...

HOSTPLUS, IOOF allocate mandates

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
Newly-licensed fund manager, Neuberger Berman Australia, has landed two mandates from HOSTPLUS and IOOF towards its global and emerging markets strategies. HOSTPLUS awarded Neuberger Berman a $90 million emerging markets equity mandate while IOOF has ...