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IMF funds Great Southern action

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
IMF (Australia) has agreed to fund a group action against Great Southern Plantations on behalf of investors who exchanged their woodlot interests for shares in Great Southern during the course of Project Transform. The funding will cover claims by investors ...

ING outsources research to two firms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
ING Australia is outsourcing its financial product and fund research to two external providers in January as Financial Facts shuts its operations by the end of the year. According to a press statement from ING Australia, the firm recently conducted ...

HFA appoints non-exec director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
HFA Accelerator Plus (HAP), a listed hedge fund, has appointed former HSBC Investment Banking Group executive Bill O'Neill as independent non-executive director. O'Neill was nominated by Carrousel Capital, one of HAP's largest shareholders holding approximately ...

Macquarie hires insurance specialist

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
Macquarie Private Wealth has appointed Craig Boss as insurance specialist. Boss joins Macquarie Private Wealth from AG Private Advisory and brings risk and wealth management advisory services experience to the firm. Boss will provide insurance solutions ...

Commerzbank sells wealth management arm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
Another international bank is divesting its wealth management business to focus on its core business as Commerzbank sells its UK wealth management division, Kleinwort Benson, to RHJ International. RHJ International owns Kleinwort Benson Channel Islands ...

Trust completes business review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Trust Company has finalised a strategic review of their business, which has led to a renewed focus on developing the firm to be the leading trustee in the market. The strategic review, which was flagged in April this year and conducted by John Aitkin ...

HESTA pays managers after tax

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... capital gains. With super taxed at 15 per cent and the franking credits worth 30 per cent, the pre-tax approach to valuing company dividends is costing investors millions, noted the statement. HESTA has teamed up with Warakirri Asset Management to develop ...

Asian instos question external managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Asian institutions remain confident in their overall investment strategies - but many appear to have lost faith in their relatively small lists of external asset managers, according to new research by Greenwich Associates. In terms of raw size, Asia's ...

Perpetual Private Clients pushes into QLD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Perpetual has hired former Aviva Queensland state manager, Dermot Lindsay, as state manager in its Private Clients division in same state. Lindsay joins Perpetual after working at Aviva and, prior to that, in the same role at IOOF. He said he wants ...

OneVue adds DNR

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
OneVue has added five Dalton Nicol Reid MAx, Managed Account Xertus, portfolio mandates to its managed account. Dalton Nicol Reid provides financial advisers with monthly mandate updates, detailed audio updates and stock change advice. Charles Cornish ...