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Trinity appoints chairman and MD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
Brisbane-based property fund manager Trinity has appointed Brett Heading as chairman and Chris Morton as managing director of the group. Heading and Morton last Friday confirmed their acceptance of the roles in line with trinity's board renewal process ...

Van Eyk resigns as executive chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
Stephen van Eyk, founding director of the company named after him, van Eyk Research, has resigned as executive chair. A statement from the firm said van Eyk resigned for personal reasons. He remains a significant shareholder in the company and will ...

ASIC cracks down on MIS scammer

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
ASIC has turned its attention on a managed investment scheme (MIS) operator, James Kentwell Lovell, who allegedly fleeced $7.9 million from 200 investors, including self-managed super funds. On 29 July 2009, ASIC obtained interim orders in the Supreme ...

Van Eyk appoints CEO and board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
Financial planning research and ratings firm, van Eyk, has appointed Mark Thomas as chief executive, while Stephen van Eyk, managing director and chair, has moved to be executive chair. The firm also appointed two new non-executive directors including ...

Select hires advisory panel

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
Select Asset Management has appointed five executives to its investment advisory panel. The investment advisory panel, which informs the investment committee, includes Michael Adam, co-founder of Aspect Capital and AHL now Man Investments and Sam Armstrong ...

US fundie expands into Japanese pensions

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
US-based INTECH Investment Management LLC has been appointed by Nikko Asset Management as a sub-adviser to provide a customised international equities strategy to Japanese pension funds. INTECH will provide the firm's Kokusai Strategy which uses the ...

Cooper targets investment fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
Investment management fees may be on the chopping block following the upcoming Cooper review on super - but one fund manager cautions that reviewing fees is not enough, and equal attention should be paid to understanding the incentives behind high fees. ...

Macq opens fin planning consultancy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
Macquarie Adviser Services is targeting the boutique financial planning firms by opening a new Practice Consulting division after a study found revenue across this market has dropped by 20 per cent on average. The consulting division will provide a ...

UniSuper hires former CFS chief as CIO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
The $21 billion UniSuper has appointed former Colonial First State Investment Management chief executive John Pearce as its chief investment officer, following the departure of its long-standing CIO, David St. John. Pearce, who previously headed CFS ...

Trustees hot on ESG course

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
Around 50 superannuation trustees completed the inaugural Australian Institute Superannuation Trustees (AIST) environmental, social and governance (ESG) course for super fund trustees. Yesterday, minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator ...