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Founder of GSAM quant group to retire

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
Bob Jones, founding head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management global quantitative equity group in Australia, will be retiring from the firm at the end of the year, after 24 years with the company. S&P fund services subsequently confirmed that the ratings ...

Nation's first solar fund launched

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
Fund manager and capital adviser, Moss Capital, has launched $100 million solar energy fund. The first of its kind in Australia, the solar fund targets commercial and industrial scale solar projects with simple and inert assets for investment, in particular ...

OnePath embraces fee for service

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
OnePath has launched OneAnswer Frontier, a new range of fee-for-service products available through the OneAnswer platform. OneAnswer Frontier leverages the comprehensive features and services that OneAnswer provides, however, OneAnswer Frontier delivers ...

AWM advisers join AFA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
More than 300 Australian Wealth Management financials advisers have signed up to the Association of Financial Advisers - bringing the industry association's membership to approximately 7,000 advisers. Four licensees including Bridges Financial Services ...

AdviserNETgain rolls out bulk reviews

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
Advisers using BT's AdviserNETgain can now produce an unlimited number of review advice documents in one process after upgrades to the online planning solution. Darelle Jenkins, national manager AdviserNETgain, said the bulk review feature creates a ...

Tower unveils iQuote app

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
Tower has launched the Accelerated iQuote life insurance app for the iPhone and iPad - giving advisers the opportunity to roll out instant life insurance quotes on the go. Brett Clark, chief executive of TOWER Australia Retail Life, said Accelerated ...

Wingate appoints Laband and Liling

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
Wingate Asset Management has finalised its investment advisory committee after appointing investment experts Paul Laband and Ron Liling. They join former ANZ chief economist Saul Eslake, Wingate chief executive Farrel Meltzer and Australian Unity Investments ...

Dark pools get darker

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
So-called 'dark pool' providers ITG and Instinet have announced a reciprocal liquidity access agreement that will allow each firm's institutional clients increased liquidity opportunities in Asia-Pacific. Instinet clients will use the firm's NighthawkA(R) ...

SuperChoice tags Australia Post for super

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
SuperChoice has collaborated with Australia Post on a superannuation account consolidation project that could reduce fees on unwanted extra accounts by $500 million over the next five years. SuperChoice will launch Consolidate My Super, a service that ...

iShares unveils four Aussie ETFs

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
iShares will launch four new Australian ETFs as the firm hopes to cash in on increasing investor demand for exchange traded funds. These ETFs include the iShares MSCI Australia 200, which will aim to track the performance of the MSCI Australia 200 Index ...