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Legg Mason creates national role in Sydney expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... now employs over 3,000 people. Its global affiliate model includes managers such as Brandywine, Clarion Partners, Martin Currie, Royce & Associates and Western Asset.

Equity Trustees flags acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... industry's premier provider of independent trustee services" in the New Year. As part of this, the company recently hired Grant Currie from Rio Tinto's superannuation fund as head of superannuation trustee services. EQT currently services 13 superannuation ...

EQT appoints Rio Tinto super exec

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
Equity Trustees has appointed a new head of trustee services. Grant Currie joins EQT from Rio Tinto's superannuation fund, where he was principal risk and compliance officer. He joined Rio Tinto in 2012, and was also secretary to the fund's audit, risk ...

Legg Mason, AB funds highly recommended

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
The Legg Mason Martin Currie Equity Income Trust and the AB Managed Volatility Equities Fund have received highly recommended ratings from Lonsec in the research house's latest review. Launched in 2011, the Legg Mason Martin Currie Equity Income Trust ...

ANZ COO departs in management restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
ANZ's group chief operating officer has departed as the bank restructures its operating model. Alistair Currie joined ANZ in 2008 from HSBC, where he was HBSC Taiwan's chief executive. According to ANZ's statement, Currie's move came about due to his ...

Legg Mason appoints head of Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... new head of Australia. Andy Sowerby was previously executive director for sales, marketing and client service at Martin Currie, a position he held for 11 years. Prior to that, he was joint managing director at Investec Fund Managers and also spent 12 ...

Ethics and income not incompatible: Martin Currie

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
Applying an ethical values screen to investment doesn't need to compromise income objectives, according to Martin Currie research. Commenting on the Ethical Income strategy, distributed by Legg Mason, the Martin Currie research found that the "investment ...

Martin Currie cautious on dividend growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... primarily for dividend growth are not good candidates for income funds, according to one Australian equity house. At a Martin Currie Australia briefing in Sydney yesterday, head of Australian equity research Michael Slack said these companies, particularly ...

Legg Mason Martin Currie Real Income Fund added to Asgard

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
The Legg Mason Martin Currie Real Income Fund has been added to Asgard's eWrap platform. The Real Income Fund aims to provide an attractive income stream with natural inflation protection by investing in a blend of A-REITs, listed infrastructure and ...

Government help needed to remove innovation obstacles

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... investing with and in technology. They were joined by UBS Wealth Management head of investment strategy David Sokulsky, Martin Currie Australia senior research analyst for the financials sector Matthew Davison and Lighthouse Infrastructure managing director ...