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Investors shun social media, for now

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Nearly 75 per cent of institutional investors and stockbroking analysts snub social media for investment research - but a minority group visits websites such as YouTube to analyse investors' attitude to brands and stocks they follow, new research shows. ...

AMP buys Sydney office for Sunsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... accepted to be near the bottom of the cycle," Hartley said. Direct property has become a hunting ground for savvy institutional investors since the sector's slump last year. Research from the Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA) ...

PIMCO Aus adds investment specialist

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... Australia, at PIMCO. Dale replaces Matthew McLenaghan who has been appointed to a role within PIMCO Australia's institutional business as consultant relations manager. The appointment expands PIMCO's Sydney office to 21 staff members.

Advisers champion responsible investing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... the retail sector towards environmental, social and governance issues when it comes to investments compared with institutional investors. In fact, independent financial advisers are at the fore of SRI investing and are the ones "keeping companies on ...

Challenge your consultants on ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... simply common sensical," he said. "What it is, is 21st century investment discipline," he said. Australia counts key institutional investors as advocates of SRI. Consultancy Mercer has a growing 'responsible investments' division where fund managers ...

Investec eyes aircraft leasing market

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... operating leases as a source of funding as they grow or replace ageing fleets. "With the continued support from our institutional investors, Investec Global Aircraft Fund is on track to double the fund's aircraft portfolio to over US$1 billion in a relatively ...

MetLife appoints insto distribution head

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
MetLife Insurance has appointed former Marsh Employee Benefits national manager, Peter Smith, as head of institutional distribution for MetLife in Australia. Smith, in his most recent role of national manager at Marsh, was responsible for group and ...

Fidelity Australia nearly doubles FUM

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... outperformance, customer service and teamwork". Fidelity said its products have been receiving strong support at the both institutional and retail level, with its insto clients almost doubling over the past year, and advisers increasingly using its products. ...

Planners must follow insto go signal

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
Equity risk appetite is back in positive territory among institutional investors - a trend planners sitting on the cash fence should pay heed to or risk clients missing out on the upside, an expert told 400 advisers and investors at an Asgard forum. ...

CERTITUDE appoints head of distrib

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... and strategic direction for CERTITUDE which is to deliver relationships with high net worth investors and focus on institutional markets," said Craig Mowll, the group's chief executive. "Hector will be running this new distribution focus across all segments ...