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Fidelity appoints new country head

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... I look forward to contributing to the continued successful growth of the company in Australia." Fidelity's Australian business manages more than $11 billion in client assets. The company plans to broaden its product range to offer fixed income funds ...

Man Group hires former JP Morgan MD as CEO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
Alternative asset manager Man Group has appointed Jamie Douglas as chief executive of its Australian business. Reporting to Man chief executive Emmanuel Roman, Douglas will have responsibility for giving local and international investors access to Man's ...

Lazard AM Australia names new CEO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
Lazard Asset Management has appointed Susan Roberts as chief executive of its Australian business, Financial Standard can reveal. In the new role Roberts will be responsible for the day-to-day management of Lazard's Australian and New Zealand business. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... releases the minutes of its May board meeting. Treasury Secretary Dr Martin Parkinson is scheduled to address the Australian Business Economists' lunch on Budgeting in Challenging Times. In equities news, Financial services company Thorn Group is due ...

Local funds ignore US $10.6tr pension market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
Homegrown fund managers should cast their net to the wider $10.6 trillion pension market in the US, just one of the global opportunities they can use the broaden their client base. Brett Himbury, head of $40 billion Industry Funds Management (IFM) ...

Wealth of opportunities for Aussie asset managers overseas

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
Industry Funds Management (IFM) chief executive Brett Himbury has urged Australian investment managers to take advantage of the huge opportunity of taking their expertise overseas. Addressing delegates at the annual Financial Standard Sales & Marketing ...

BT Financial boosts Westpac result

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
BT Financial Group's solid contribution has helped Westpac record a 10% rise in increase in cash earnings for the half-year. In an announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) the bank said the wealth arm had benefited from strong flows ...

Russell focus on IM is better for clients: Schoenheimer

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... investment management rather than its consulting and administrative operations following the restructure of its Australian business, according to managing director Alan Schoenheimer. Schoenheimer told Financial Standard the shift in focus will position ...

Russell reveals details of restructure

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
Russell Investments' Australian business has been structured into three core client facing divisions - investment, private client services and institutional - following a recent shake-up at the company, Asia Pacific chief executive Alan Schoenheimer ...

Industry under-prepared for SuperStream: Bravura

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
The financial services industry's back-office technology systems are woefully under-prepared for the government's SuperStream reforms, according to Bravura global head of investment product Darren Stevens. Part of the reason, he said, is that most institutions ...