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WaveStone launches local long-only equity fund

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... in 2006 with an active, bottom-up investment approach. Allfrey said the launch of the new style product into the institutional investment market will be driven by WaveStone Capital's attraction to innovative and high-growth stocks at reasonable prices. ...

Bloomberg takes over UBS commodities indices

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... chief executive and president Dan Doctoroff said. "By providing true independence to a leading index family used by institutional investors and asset managers around the world, Bloomberg continues to support the needs of our clients and the overall marketplace." ...

Synchron recruits admin staff to cope with adviser demand

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Synchron has recruited administration and compliance staff to assist with an increase in adviser applications to join the dealer group. At least 34 individual advisers have applied to join Synchron in over a month, following the group's decision to ...

Investec to sell local professional banking arm

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... businesses in Australia. Investec said the sale would allow it to focus on its core strengths across corporate and institutional banking, property funds management and investment banking. The businesses are being sold as a going concern with a total ...

SSFS appoints general manager to drive expansion

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... Financial Services (SSFS) has created the role of general manager of business development to drive corporate and institutional partnerships. James Panaretos has been appointed to the role and will be reporting directly to SSFS managing director Michael ...

PE backed IPOs outperform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... just 1.2% for non PE-backed IPOs. Converting the study's findings into investment outcome terms appropriate for institutional or retail investors reveals that an investment of $10,000 spread evenly across the sample of 21 PE-backed companies that went ...

SEC reopens target date funds disclosure review

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... role in the retirement savings of US investors but they nevertheless expressed concerns that retail investors and institutional advisers do not seem to adequately understand the sector and this has led to under-appreciation of risks inherent with target ...

Mercer allocates $150M AXA IM global SmartBeta

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... our SmartBeta credit and SmartBeta equity strategies to the Australian market we've seen an increasing number of institutional investors look for a more intelligent and pragmatic approach to capture the market return," AXA IM director of Australia and ...

Westpac to open branch in Shanghai

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... exemptions from certain Chinese regulations, including caps on foreign exchange deposits and interest rates. Westpac Institutional Bank chief executive Rob Whitfield said the FTZ signified the beginnings of "a strong and regional financial hub of which ...

Multi-asset portfolios key for retiree income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
Institutional investors must have a greater number and more intelligent blend of income-generating assets if they are to meet the needs their ballooning retiree client base, according to fund manager Investec. The group's co-head of multi-asset John ...