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Canada plan in talks to buy Livingston

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... Wiseman, senior vice-president, private investments, for CPP Investment Board, said: "Livingston is a leading Canadian company with a strong management team and a robust platform for long-term growth. We look forward to working with Livingston to build ...

GSJBW hires key account manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
Goldman Sachs JBWere has appointed Amy Johnston as a key account manager in its asset management division. Johnston joins the firm from Perennial Investment Partners where she worked for four years as an investment specialist. She also has seven years ...

HSBC appoints head of securities services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
HSBC Bank Australia Limited has appointed Andrew Bastow as head of securities services, Australia effective 7 December 2009. In this role, Bastow will be responsible for overseeing the ongoing growth in the Securities Services business in Australia ...

AMP Cap, Cbus and Galileo join forces

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
AMP Capital Investors, Cbus Property and Galileo Group have joined forces in a residential property deal believed to have secured one of the largest funding from banks this year. The property, The Residence Hyde Park, is located on College Street in ...

UK platform assets rise 25 pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
In a sign that UK investors could be more confident in the local equity market, one of the largest independent financial planning platforms in region has hit over $30 billion in assets under administration, rising by 25 per cent since the start of the ...

PE secondaries could be ticking time bomb

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
Investors should be wary of the overexuberance in the secondary private equity markets as it could mirror the mega buyout bubble of 2007, according to new Watson Wyatt research. A new paper from Watson Wyatt noted that an anticipated supply-demand imbalance ...

AFS jumps on board Powerwarp

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
Australian Financial Services has become the first national dealer group to sign onto investment administration provider, Powerwrap Limited. AFS, with funds under advice of $5.5 billion, 222 advisers and sustained continual growth, is the first national ...

Seniors are tech savvy: survey

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
Super funds may want to rethink how they communicate to older Australians after a survey found 96 per cent of those over the age of 50 own a mobile phone and a similar number use SMS. A National Seniors Australia survey of more than 2,700 Australians ...

Global funds lose $20trn to GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
The global financial crisis wiped out nearly $20 trillion from the assets of the world's top 500 fund managers, new research found. Funds managed by the world's largest 500 fund managers fell by over 23 per cent last year to US$53.4 trillion ($60 trillion) ...

Simple advice at GESB

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
WA-based super fund GESB has launched a free Simple Advice service to boost its financial planning services to its 310,000 members. Providing easy access to advice over the phone, Simple Advice enables GESB to improve the financial well-being of its ...