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BGIA expands insto team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
Barclays Global Investors Australia (BGIA) appointed Charmayne Connelly and Simon Brinsmead as client manager and consultant manager respectively. Connelly previously worked at Wellington Management in a similar client relationship role. Prior to this ...

Zurich hires investment specialist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
Zurich Financial Services Australia appointed Patrick Noble as senior investments specialist. Prior to this appointment, Noble worked at Skandia for roughly five years as investment specialist and also across distribution and investment research roles. ...

Intech rebrands

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... the future. Skandia has already changed its Responsible Entity (RE) name from Australian Skandia Limited to Old Mutual Australia for legal requirements, effective at the end of last month. However, the firm's retail brand will remain under the Skandia ...

New CEOs for Skandia, Intech

... the development of both businesses. "Intech's business is very much about asset management and Skandia's business in Australia is very much about the retail platform. Those are two very distinct businesses and it makes sense for them to have independent ...

Schroders appoints analyst

Schroder Investment Management Australia has appointed Gregg Taylor as analyst in Australian equities, making the group's domestic equities team one of the largest in the market. Taylor's appointment increases the headcount to 14, well above the industry ...

Deutsche appoints ex-Skandia head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... Asset Management has appointed Jody Fitzgerald to research and platform relationship manager for its DWS Investments Australia division. Fitzgerald takes over the role from Rebecca Jacques who is on maternity leave and is expected to return in next year. ...

Volatility fails to dampen super returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... year, 24.9 per cent over three years and 20.1 per cent over five years. The best performing Australian equities fund, Skandia's geared blended Australian Shares Fund, delivered 45.8 per cent per annum over three years. Of the individual default funds ...

Skandia gives multi-managers mandates

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
Skandia has introduced mandate structures to their multi-manager funds, allowing investors access to managers closed to new investors or previously available only through mandates. Skandia's chief executive officer, Ross Laidlaw, said, the move will ...

Intech shifts focus to after-tax

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
Skandia's investment and consulting division Intech has added a new structure to its $1.8 billion multi-manager Australian Shares Active Trust, focusing on boutiques and after-tax returns. The shift to boutiques comes after Intech's own research suggested ...

Lonsec upgrades Templeton equity fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... version is also now available with a minimum initial investment of A$25,000. Adam Quaife, head of retail for Templeton Australia said, "The fund is fast gaining traction in the retail market although it was only launched for the retail market 2 years ...