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AMP Capital hires Barnes as senior portfolio manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... hired former JPMorganChase global portfolio manager, Greg Barnes, to a new role as senior portfolio manager of Australian equities. Barnes has more than 20 years investment experience, spending eight of those years at JPMorganChase & Co as global portfolio ...

Fidelity, Edinburgh and Sarasin win mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... GESB has appointed Fidelity, Edinburgh Partners and Sarasin & Partners as new managers in its $2.5 billion international equities portfolio. GESB made the appointments following a review of its external managers and is focused on ensuring that a diversified ...

LUCRF Super hires new Aussie eq managers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... The $2.2 billion LUCRF Super has appointed JF Capital Partners, Northcape Capital and Perpetual as its new Australian equities managers. The mandates were appointed as part of an overall review of the various asset classes within the fund. LUCRF Super ...

Nomura expands local business

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... chair of its investment banking business in Australia. Meurer helped develop Citi Australia's investment banking and equities platform. Prior to this, Meurer was vice chair and managing director, corporate broking at Merrill Lynch. With over 30 years ...

MFS on expansion trail

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
US-based fund manager MFS has increased its market share in global equities funds management by 44 per cent in 12 months - underpinning a worldwide expansion strategy that includes bigger operations in Australia. Visiting Australia last month, MFS chief ...

SMSFs tip more into international equities

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
SMSF allocation to international equities has increased for the first time in 18 months, a change in sentiment that bodes well for global equities managers hoping to tap into the country's fastest growing super segment. According to the Multiport SMSF ...

Super funds eye catastrophic investing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... Investments hopes to fill the local investment gap for alternative asset classes that are genuinely uncorrelated to domestic equities - a move that ends in "catastrophe". Filo Sedillo, the local managing director in alternative investments for Credit ...

AMP wins Asset Super mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... armaments, liquor, gambling or tobacco. Maple Brown Abbott had been using a positive screen for investments across Australian equities and property but without any specific screen for other asset classes (such as international shares and bonds) which ...

Integrity expands team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... Aidan Kelleher, as key account manager in its distribution team. Now in its second year of operation as an Australian equities boutique firm, Integrity has 11 staff and manages more than $3 billion in funds.

Macquarie buys Canadian dealer

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... 130 advisers and offers a full range of investment services to retail clients, including custom solutions ranging from equities and fixed income to estate and insurance. The firm also operates a 60 person capital markets division, which provides institutional ...