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IFSA's Gilbert resurfaces at law firm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
Richard Gilbert, former chief executive of IFSA, has taken up his new post as director of corporate affairs today at boutique legal firm, Speed and Stracey Lawyers. The chairman of Speed and Stracey Lawyers, Robin Speed, announced Gilbert will be consulting ...

Aviva names SMA model managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... line-up, which also includes Aviva Investors and UBS, is designed to provide financial planners with a range of investment fund types to allow them to tailor a portfolio on client needs. The SMA model managers are expected to be available in September. ...

Shareholder activism misses the mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... not material to the company, said Ralph, who was an independent non-executive director at Babcock & Brown Direct Investment fund according to Rainmaker. She said one of the best ways to change the culture of a listed company board is to vote-off the ...

TechInvest tops fastest growing fundie table

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... in August last year. The firm provides investors with three funds; the TI Intercept Capital Fund; TI Technology Investment Fund and the TI Explicit Alpha Fund. Steele said TechInvest is looking to hire extra staff to help the firm grow effectively. "This ...

Russell overhauls diversified funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
Russell Investments has revamped the firm's diversified funds, widening its investment ranges for equities and property as part of a move to a 'high conviction' investment approach. Andrew Pease, investment strategist at Russell Investments, said the ...

Retirement platforms growing fastest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
Eight of the ten fastest growing platforms are retirement products, confirming that the sector is fast becoming a wealth management heavyweight, reveals new research from Rainmaker. The findings are contained in the latest Rainmaker Advantage report ...

J.P. Morgan wins Capital mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
J.P. Morgan has won a mandate with fund manager Capital International Research to provide services for the group's mutual funds recently launched to Australian and New Zealand investors. J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services will provide global ...

Future lies in present

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
Have we? Haven't we? Left bottom that is. Or is the taxpayer's impatience to get their money back and authorities' over zealousness to erect new 'thou shall not' signs to police financial institutions taking us back to that dark place we left back in ...

QIC targets overseas instos

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... dollars. "With a number of regulatory developments on the horizon, including the proposed new European Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, the Irish QIF offers product compliance while allowing for flexibility from an investment perspective," ...

ANZ Super Advantage adds four

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
The $1.6 billion ANZ Super Advantage has added four new investment funds including a Vanguard and BlackRock product to its menu. Implemented in late April, ANZ Super Advantage had added the ING Global Property Securities fund, OptiMix Global Emerging ...