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ING Real Estate moving in-house

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
... portfolio. We have a fantastic working relationship with the team at Savills and will continue to retain Savills for their class leading financial services and the supervision of marketing and contract Marketing across ING Real Estate's retail portfolio." ...

Russell continues sales team growth

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
Russell Investment Group today announced the appointment of former BNP Paribas executive Chris Briant as director of institutional sales. The move is part of Russell's move to provide more specialised solutions for institutional clients. Stephen Roberts ...

Putnam wins $600m AMP fixed income mandate

... products for clients who want multiple active strategies. "At the same time, global fixed income has become a complex asset class, requiring particular expertise," he said. Michelle Baltazar

Advisers have 30 days to issue SoA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... concerns that investors were in urgent need of advice for how to deal with their super in the lead-up to the 30 June deadline. Class Order 07/447 Temporary extension of time for SOA delivery means advisers are now obligated to issue an SoA within 30 ...

Skandia parts ways with Mercer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
Skandia has bowed to the inevitable and replaced Mercer Investment Consulting with in-house consultancy Intech as its portfolio construction adviser from next month, ending uncertainty over where the two companies sat within the business. Speculation ...

SELECT announces head of distribution

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... focused investments," said managing director, Brendan Foley. "The combination of a strong in-house team and access to world-class specialist fund managers puts us in an ideal position to deliver products that meet the objectives of our investors and ...

AFA conference to focus on world-class practice

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
... Financial Advisers (AFA) today unveiled the program for its 2007 National Conference, with the theme of building a world-class advice business. Held 14-16 October at the Crowne Plaza Royal Pines on the Gold Coast, the program includes sessions focusing ...

Mellon scores Asset Super mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
Mellon Global Investments Australia has been awarded an $18 million mandate from Asset Super for its Mellon Global Alpha Trust, adding to its collection of 26 others. The Global Alpha Trust, launched in January 2004, is a multi-strategy long-short product ...

Global indices are dinosaurs: Schroders

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
Global equity indices are dinosaurs and could be heading for extinction, according to Schroders' head of sales, Brian Scott. Scott said indices such as the MSCI World (ex-Australia) were inefficient, had a poor alignment of interest, were unsafe and ...

Balanced funds tip towards alternatives

A new Deloitte survey on what asset classes a balanced fund typically invests in found falling demand for fixed interest and a marked shift towards alternative assets. The survey looked at asset allocations for balanced funds in 2002 and how they compare ...