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Investec eyes EM debt, record inflows

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010

FPA appoints Rantall to top job

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has appointed former Godfrey Pembroke managing director, Mark Rantall, as chief executive. Rantall worked at NAB-owned Godfrey Pembroke between 2003 and 2008 where he helped the dealer group transition more than ...

Too much ado about Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
So what was the hulaballoo of the past two days all about? It's now looking like too much ado about Greece, and Portugal, and Spain, and... Smokin'! What worries me more is the 25 per cent increase in tobacco tax by Krudd and the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Omega hires insto sales manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
Omega Global Investors has hired former Vanguard Investments Australia executive, Erica Hall, as manager of institutional sales as the fund manager launches two bond funds to the market. Hall spent eight years at Vanguard working across institutional ...

New FM for Share Plus

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
Perpetual Investments has appointed former CPH/Ellerston Capital portfolio manager, Paul Skamvougeras, to manage the Perpetual Wholesale Share-Plus Long/short fund (Share Plus). Skamvougeras worked at CPH/Ellerston Capital for seven years managing the ...

Vanguard ETFs reach $100m mark

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... months after their launch. Launched in May 2009, the Vanguard range of ETFs includes the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS); the Vanguard All-World ex-US Shares Index ETF (VEU); and the Vanguard US Total Market Shares Index ETF (VTS). ETFs offer ...

More SMSFs comply with ATO rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
Michael D'Ascenzo, commissioner of taxation at the Australian Tax Office, has commended the self managed super fund (SMSF) industry after the number of SMSF trustees that lodged their returns on time rose 11 per cent on the prior lodgement period. Speaking ...

Integration key to AXA bid

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
As the debate heats up on who will emerge as the new owner of AXA Asia Pacific, new research by Rainmaker suggests the more burning issue is how the winner would digest the acquisition - and the impact of that on the local wealth management sector. ...

ETFs slash fund fees to 15bp

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
Australian trustees looking to slash fees should have a good look at the US public sector quasi-industry fund, the Thrift Savings Plan, that uses Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) to deliver total fees of just 0.15 per cent. Thrift is a US pension fund used ...

Suntharam leads Perpetual quant business

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
Ganesh Suntharam assumes management of Perpetual's quantitative investments business. In March this year, Suntharam joined Vasant Khilnani as the joint head of the quant business. Suntharam has eight years industry experience and four years at Perpetual ...