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PIS calls for industry and retail ceasefire

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
Professional Investment Services (PIS) managing director, Grahame Evans, is calling for retail and industry super funds to put their philosophical differences aside and work together to provide a broader financial advice service to consumers. "I would ...

Stagflation policy conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
Desperate times need desperate measures. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) announced a surprise 50 basis point reduction in its benchmark interest rate as the domestic economy looks increasingly headed for a recession. With recession staring the ...

WW opens Aus portfolio construction shop

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
Watson Wyatt Australia has hired former Intech CIO Hugh Dougherty and promoted Michael Blayney to head a new division that taps into the company's global portfolio construction research. The firm's Australian Portfolio Construction Group (PCG) complements ...

Legg Mason AM hires Titchkosky

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
Legg Mason Asset Management Australia hired Beau Titchkosky as vice president - business development. Titchkosky has more than 13 years experience in financial services mostly in distribution roles. Before joining Legg Mason, he spent five years working ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market was awash in red at noon, down almost two per cent, mirroring heavy losses on Wall Street overnight on fears that the US's fourth-largest investment bank Lehman Brothers is running out of options to raise capital. At 1207 ...

BGIA expands insto team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
Barclays Global Investors Australia (BGIA) appointed Charmayne Connelly and Simon Brinsmead as client manager and consultant manager respectively. Connelly previously worked at Wellington Management in a similar client relationship role. Prior to this ...

AUSCOAL switches to weekly

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
AUSCOAL Super joins the growing list of super funds that have shifted from monthly to weekly crediting rates and, in a parallel move, the fund will also update investment choice switches from monthly to weekly. As of the latest financial year, investment ...

Hedge funds to beat

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
The AIMA Australia Hedge Fund awards held last night highlighted 15 of the leading hedge fund managers in the country, with one awardee returning 39 per cent and another gaining as much as 265 per cent in the last 12 months. Admittedly it's been a tough ...

Grove opens term deposit shop

BY STAFF  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
Asset consultant Grove Research and Advisory has launched an online term deposit shop as the flight to cash continues. Initially, the service will provide wholesale investors with comparable daily rates from Citibank, BankWest, Investec and Rabobank. ...

Comm Bank expands FP Vic office

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
The Commonwealth Bank appointed Christian Strahlhofer and Komal Soni as relationship manager and account manager for corporate financial services, respectively in its financial planning division. Prior to this role, Strahlhofer worked in corporate banking ...