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West takes east-coast planners

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... qualifications," he said. My Adviser had been keen to avoid the mass aggregation of privately owned advisory firms under institutional ownership, he said. Summers, who has been managing director for the past 16 years, will be stepping down from the role ...

FTSE launches ESG investment product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Institutional investors and fund managers can use a new Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings data service from global index provider FTSE Group to identify eligible companies for investment. The FTSE4Good ESG ratings product, launched this ...

Russell commodities fund on hold

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... Sneddon said. "They are a little more aggressive," he said. "The head portfolio manager Adam De Chiara has established institutional benchmarks in the commodities space for institutional investors." Sneddon said Russell combed the globe for the best ...

BNY Mellon upgrades asset servicing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... of upgrades to its platform since the start of the year, including more time-saving tools for broker dealers and institutional investors. This month BNY launched a system that allows broker dealers to consolidate information coming from multiple sources. ...

Challenger boosted by life sales

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... Challenger said that overall sales were lower than the previous quarter, "reflecting seasonal impacts in January." Institutional sales contributed $31 million for the quarter, while Life's assets under management rose 24 per cent to $8.3 billion for ...

ING shelves global equities fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... commercially prudent to temporarily withdraw the fund from the Australian market," said McKay. INGIM offers a range of institutional and wholesale funds to the Australian market, including the ING Alpha Plus Australian Share Fund, ING Extended Alpha ...

Australian Unity seals $120m debt

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... fundraising, closed on April 8. Yesterday 1.2 million Australian Unity notes were issued to subscribers, including institutional, retail and member investors, priced at $100 each. The notes will start trading on the ASX on April 19. "We were required ...

Investec fund doubles portfolio in 12 months

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... 12 months due to the acquisition of 12 commercial aircraft from GE Capital Aviation Services ("GECAS"). "Strong institutional and superannuation support has enabled the fund to keep growing," said IGAF executive David Phillips. "The continued recognition ...

Buying op

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... According to the website, Kerr "has been trading commodities since 1989" and "currently manages the Cane Garden Capital institutional agricultural fund." And then there was Arabianbusiness.com quoting Matthew Simmons -- chairman and founder of specialised ...

Liquidnet hits $2bn in Q1 trades

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... according to Sam Macqueen, head of Liquidnet Australia. "As a block order pool, we have addressed a vacuum faced by institutional investors - the inability of institutional liquidity to safely interact," said Macqueen. Electronic trading platforms prevent ...