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EQT appoints two credit managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
Equity Trustees has appointed TechInvest and Spectrum Asset Management to manage a credit investment strategy for the EQT TI Spectrum Credit Opportunities fund. The fund's strategy aims to take advantage of distressed credit securities locally. The ...

Count buys Evolution Advisers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
Countplus has made its eleventh acquisition through a 25 per cent share purchase in planning firm, Evolution Advisers. Countplus, part of the ASX-listed Count Financial Limited, announced the acquisition details yesterday. Evolution Advisers has been ...

MLC wins life insurer of the year

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
MLC has won the 2009 Life Insurance Company of the Year by the Australia & New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) for the fourth time in six years. The firm's product design, customer and adviser research and upgrade philosophy were ...

CBA extends Storm payments suspension

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
Commonwealth Bank customers affected by the collapse of Storm Financial are given another month's reprieve to pay their interest payments. The bank has extended the moratorium on interest payments until 30 September 2009 to allow eligible customers ...

Hyperion targets retail market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
Hyperion Asset Management has selected one of the firm's owners, Pinnacle Investment Management, as its retail distributor. Manny Pohl, managing director at Hyperion Asset Management, said Pinnacle Investment Management was a natural choice given the ...

Instinet appoints deputy head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... Portfolio Implementation and Restructuring Group. Moore becomes the fourth member of the group, which was launched by parent company Instinet - a tech firm specialising in electronic trading and agency-only brokerage services - in May 2009. Moore joins ...

Macquarie launches online election service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
Macquarie Wrap has launched an online election service for corporate actions - a process that helps advisers eliminate the need for paperwork. When creating the new online service, Macquarie Wrap focused on reducing the administrative burden for advisers ...

APRA recovers super assets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has successfully recovered the assets of failed South Australian based Harts Australia Staff Superannuation Fund. APRA took legal action on behalf of the fund's acting trustee to sell a property ...

Eslake joins think-tank

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
Saul Eslake, former ANZ chief economist for 14 years, has joined the Gratton Institute as program director in the productivity growth division. The Gratton Institute is a new think-tank that is supported by the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments ...

Van Eyk appoints CEO and board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
Financial planning research and ratings firm, van Eyk, has appointed Mark Thomas as chief executive, while Stephen van Eyk, managing director and chair, has moved to be executive chair. The firm also appointed two new non-executive directors including ...