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Julius Baer splits AM and bank

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
Swiss wealth management firm, Julius Baer has separated the company's private banking and asset management businesses into two listed companies. The deal means both businesses will be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange with Julius Baer Group focussing ...

Bonnie and Clyde team caught for fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
A couple from Victoria has admitted to committing SMSF fraud - with the husband pleading guilty to 12 charges including theft and conducting business without a financial services licence following an ASIC investigation. Shaun White of Montmorency, Victoria ...

To Scotland we will go

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009

S&P retains 'five stars' rating on Capital

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
Standard & Poor's has kept the 'five stars' rating on the Capital International Global Equities fund. The firm previously rated the fund 'five stars' but the fund needed to be re-rated after a change in distribution partners. The fund was previously ...

CORRECTION: Aberdeen takes on 30 Credit Suisse staff

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
Aberdeen has recruited 30 staff from Credit Suisse and approximately $13 billion in assets under management after the acquisition of certain assets and business of Cerdit Suisse's Global Investors division. Aberdeen said it is bringing over 30 Credit ...

Charged for no AFSL

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
ASIC has commenced proceedings against four former Queensland directors who dealt in financial products, including Westpoint promissory notes, without an Australian financial services licence (AFSL). Barry William Silver, of Arundel, Robert Peers Button ...

Pinnacle to distribute Capital International

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
Pinnacle Investment Management, the same firm that helped new boutique Solaris gather around $1 billion in mandates in one of the toughest periods for getting mandates, lands a deal to distribute US-based Capital International funds locally. The group ...

Ipac appoints chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
AXA Australia Asia Pacific subsidiary, ipac, has appointed Neil Swindells as chief executive. Swindells' appointment follows the firm's chief executive and AXA head of advice, Peeyush Gupta stepping down next month. Swindells was previously an AXA senior ...

Hunter Hall says sorry

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
Peter Hall, the founder of $1.4 billion global equities fund manager Hunter Hall, started an investor presentation early this month with an apology for the group's "terrible performance" and set out a plan on how to recover last year's losses. "To start ...

Savings paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
Yesterday's strong rally on Wall Street was followed by a flat performance overnight. Is Wall Street catching its breath before taking another jump? Or is it taking a deep breath for diving? Such is the uncertainty created by the current global economic ...