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Former FTSE director moves to Vanguard

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
Vanguard has appointed Julie Andrews as its new head of institutional in Australia. Previously Andrews was a director for the Australian operation of FTSE, the global index provider. She will be responsible for Vanguard's institutional business and ...

Rethinking the value of asset consultants

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... being the facilitator and ideas generator, today's breed of asset consultants are fast morphing into self-contained institutional investment platforms. Following a recent restructure, Russell Investments new chief executive for the Asia Pacific, Alan ...

CalPERS cry foul play, backs lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... pension funds like CalPERS that were affected but hundreds of homeowners who took out subprime mortgage loans. "Institutional investors located in my district, such as WesCorp, suffered massive losses after putting billions of dollars into RMBS and CDOs ...

Rubik acquires Provisio

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... HESTA and LUCRF Super. Provisio has also developed a hosted platform for the provision of scaled advice for both the institutional and independent financial advisor (IFA) markets. With the acquisition, Rubik aims to strengthen its position in the scaled ...

Quality of Spain and Poland belies credit rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
Poland, Chile and Spain look a better bet than the US and UK for institutional investors' sovereign debt portfolios, according to a new research report from AXA Investment Management. The investment house has developed a new framework for analysing ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... March share price index futures contract was down eight points at 4,986 points, with 12,286 contracts traded. BBY institutional dealer Anson Rosewall said the market had been weighed down by news that Rio suffered a full year net loss of almost $US3 ...

Hastings appoints executive director for North America

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... around the world." Hastings is an Australian fund that manages infrastructure equity and debt and works mainly with institutional and retail investors. The company has invested globally in infrastructure assets since 1994. Mavroyannis was a managing ...

ANZ reports 6.2% cash profit rise

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... However, Smith warned that the business conditions would remain challenging through 2013. "In International and Institutional Banking, expenses were well controlled however margins remain under pressure, albeit less so than in 2012, while favorable trading ...

Asset diversification gathers momentum

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Institutional investors continue to diversify their investment portfolios into alternative assets, increasingly via direct funds rather than funds of funds, according to global data from Towers Watson. The data shows that in 2012 its clients - which ...

Aust custody and admin sector hits $2 trillion

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... of ACSA, said players in the custody and asset administration space were witnessing renewed confidence from their institutional clients such as asset managers, insurance groups and superannuation funds. "The latest ACSA statistics show positive broader ...