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Premium hires Asia investment specialist

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Premium China Funds Management has appointed former Westpac executive, Pierre Leung, as Asia investment specialist for New South Wales. Leung was previously Westpac national structured products manager. He had also worked with Westpac Institutional ...

MLC wins Sisters of Mercy mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
The Sisters of Mercy Staff Superannuation Scheme has appointed MLC Group Insurance as its new insurer. The scheme, which had $372 million at the end of June last year, will see MLC provide upgrades to benefits and cover for members. "When we put our ...

Mercer Super Trust improves online tech

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Mercer Super Trust has upgraded its online features to allow members access to additional personal information about their super in real time. The new online features introduced for Mercer Super Trust members include a 'workflow view' which allows members ...

AFS hires Unsworth as regional manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Australian Financial Services (AFS) has hired former KBC Asset Management executive, Meaghan Unsworth as regional manager for New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory. Unsworth previously worked at Macquarie, Count, Colonial First State and ...

Helmich appointed Future2 chair

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Financial Planning Association's (FPA) Future2 Foundation has appointed Steve Helmich, director at AMP Financial Services as trustee and chair. Helmich spent two years as a financial adviser before being appointed WA state manager at AMP Financial Services. ...

Don't forget the economics: Macq

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... and the country's ability to service its debt. "Our research has shown that regardless of the strength or weakness of a company's fundamentals, in emerging markets the biggest single factor to weigh on the performance of a stock is the overall performance ...

BT ramps up SMSF offering

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
BT is keeping an eye on the growing SMSF sector, improving BT Wrap to include more SMSF-centric functionalities. Craig Lawrenson, national manager BT Wrap Product and Strategy, said the growth of SMSFs present an enormous opportunity for the financial ...

BGI iShares opens capital markets division

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
Exchange traded fund (ETF) provider, iShares has developed a capital markets division in Asia Pacific to ensure the firm's ETFs remain liquid and priced competitively. The Hong Kong-based division will work with iShares dealers and market makers across ...

ThreeSixty Research signs on Zenith

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
MLC's Advice Solutions research arm ThreeSixty Research has signed on Zenith Investment Partners to provide research. "Zenith will provide an additional touch point for our internal team and will assist in the formation of our Approved Investment Lists ...

Astarra reaches $1 billion milestone

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
Fund manager Astarra Asset Management has reached its $1 billion in funds under management milestone. In a press statement, Sydney-based Astarra attributed the growth of the firm to financial advisers outsourcing their asset management business to Astarra ...