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HSBC takes over local distribution

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... that agreement ended when the bank returned to the Australian market. This means HSBC is the sole distributor in Australia of HSBC Global Asset Management Asia and China investment strategies. "With us coming back into the market it was always our intention ...

Super funds to take the reins off bond managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... vice president and head of remarketing at PIMCO Australia and New Zealand, said signals from the Reserve Bank of Australia of rising interest rates means fixed income investment managers could add alpha if they invested outside the realm of the benchmark. ...

MacarthurCook CEO resigns

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... first listing of a real estate securities fund in Singapore. Among his other achievements include the listing in Australia of the MacarthurCook Industrial Property Fund and MacarthurCook Property Securities Fund and the listing in Singapore of the MacarthurCook ...

Former State Street head jumps to RBC Dexia

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
Former State Street Australia head of investment services David Travers has left to head up RBC Dexia's Australia office as managing director. Travers is taking up the RBC Dexia flag following a four year stint at State Street. He replaces Scott MacDonald ...

Mariner targets European aged care

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
Mariner Financial is planning an $800 million buying spree of European aged care infrastructure assets as part of a joint venture deal with German-based property financier HSH Real Estate. While Babcock & Brown is busy offloading some of its infrastructure ...

DFA funds "holy grail" research on Aussie equities

... that will allow the back-testing of simulated portfolios. In academic speak, the team will test the applicability in Australia of the findings of US academics Gene Fama and Ken French, who revolutionized financial market research in the early 1990s through ...

FinLit website goes live

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2006
The Financial Literacy Foundation has finally launched its long awaited UnderstandingMoney website. UnderstandingMoney.gov.au is the public face of the Financial Literacy campaign that has transfixed the financial services, and in particular superannuation ...

S&P react to TOWER PrefSure deal

S&P ratings services (S&P) have reacted to yesterday's announcement that TOWER group (TOWER) has bought PrefSure Life Ltd (PrefSure) to shore up and grow their master trust and life insurance business. S&P have left TOWER's ratings unchanged for now ...

Vanguard appoints head of marketing Australia

Vanguard has announced the appointment of a new head of marketing in Australia. Colin Bold assumes responsibility for brand, marketing strategy and implementation and reports to the head of retail, Robin Bowerman. "Colin brings over 16 years' experience ...

More enter the million dollar club

... performance in 2004," Merrill Lynch's Global Private Client group head in Australia Tom Alexy says. GDP growth in Australia of 3.5 per cent and a 23 per cent rise in the equity market contributed to the strong growth in local HNWI. "Australian HNWIs ...