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Fidante expands Asian footprint with MIR

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
Fidante Partners has grown its Asian equities asset base by more than $1 billion after buying MIR Investment Management in a milestone deal announced this week. Rob Woods, chief executive in funds management at Challenger, the ASX-listed owner of Fidante ...

MSCI risk model targets volatility

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
MSCI has released the fourth version of its Australian Equity Risk Model, designed to give Portfolio Managers better insight into risk and return. The Barra Australia Equity Model (AUE4) adapts to market volatility, so that forecasts and actual results ...

TAL makes executive appointments

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
TAL has appointed John Hoyle as chief executive officer of its TAL Direct InsuranceLine business and Kent Griffin has joined TAL as chief financial officer. "We at TAL see increased consumer involvement in life insurance in [the] future and we expect ...

ASIC bans adviser following fraud conviction

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has permanently banned Christos Papaioannou, also known as Chris Pappas, from providing financial services following his conviction on fraud charges in the Magistrates Court of Victoria. On 29 March ...

AllianceBernstein Australia appoints new CEO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
AllianceBernstein Australia has appointed Ross Kent as new chief executive officer following recent speculation over the continuation of the firm's presence in Australia. Kent is an internal promotion, occupying the position of senior managing director ...

Schroders loses two analysts

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
Standard & Poor's said its ratings on Schroders' Australian equity fund are unchanged following the resignations of two analysts. The agency said Kent Jensen is returning home to Norway while Alex Mears has decided to take a career break. "We are comfortable ...

Frontier appoints new analysts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
Institutional asset consulting firm Frontier Investment Consulting has appointed three new analysts to work across sectors. Kenny Chiang will join Frontier in April 2012 from Mercer Consulting, where he worked in the fund accounting and client services ...

Benchmarked inflation protection doesn't stack up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
Managing inflation spikes through inflation-lined bonds (ILB) is fundamentally flawed, according to one institutional investment manager. "The traditional approach to managing inflation has been to buy an inflation benchmark, which is typically eight ...

QIC appoints new board directors

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... capital raisings and IPO's including providing assistance with negotiations. The new members will join existing directors Ken MacDonald, Dr Maurice Newman, Bronwyn Morris, Lyn Gearing and Bradley Bowton on the QIC Board (effective immediately)..

FPA award winners embrace FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
The FPA Best Practice award winners are also those leading way in FOFA-compliant practices, with the association awarding those at the forefront of their industry. Speaking with Financial Standard after their win, Pippa Elliot, CFP, of WA planning firm ...