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PFA Footballers of the Year and PFA Harry Kewell Medal nominees announced

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... players' choice as Australia's best. The nominees were announced by some of Australia's most prominent footballers including Simon Colosimo, Melissa Barbieri, Adrian Leijer and Harry Kewell. When asked at the launch about the significance of these awards ...

FOFA fatigue prompts new Guardian offering

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... a whole range of questions about our service offering and what came out of that was this whole concept of FOFA-fatigue," Simon Harris, Guardian's executive manager told Financial Standard. "Advisers are tired of talking about (Future of Financial Advice) ...

AQR earns $150m of mandates for hedge fund strategy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... fund is deliberately transparent and understandable, compared with other products in the hedge fund space, according to Simon Wills, head of wholesale, AQR Australia. "We put a lot of focus on minimising any anticipated beta exposure in the Fund. Both ...

Tyndall expands credit team

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... Chris Rands has joined Tyndall from Moody's Investors Service where he was an analyst in its structured finance business. Simon Wang has joined Tyndall from Navigator Project Finance. Wang was previously with ING Investment Management for four years ...

Advisers prep for 'back-to-basics' investing

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... assisting clients as it is more often our clients' perspective of the problem rather than the problem itself," said Salvia. Simon Dowd, financial planner, Noall & Co, said that while it is a complex time for investing, it the adviser's role to act accordingly. ...

PFS consultants take equity stakes

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
Independent consultancy firm Professional Financial Solutions has appointed four new directors, all of whom are senior consultants at the firm. Martin Fitzpatrick, Thach Huynh, Rebecca Johnstone and Simone Knight will also become new equity partners ...

Super funds complacent on sustainability

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... and fund managers to do the work, but an economic adviser predicts pressure is building for funds to become accountable. Simon O'Connor, economic adviser for the Australian Conservation Foundation, said sustainability reporting and the ability to show ...

Perpetual fund downgraded after resignation

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Perpetual's Wholesale Ethical SRI fund has been downgraded by ratings house van Eyk, after portfolio manager Simon Bridger resigned. Van Eyk has taken the fund off "hold" status and moved it from an "A" rating to a "BB" rating. Briana Lam, senior investment ...

ORBIS launches cash based fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... volatility of the sharemarket but want a better return than cash over time," said Orbis Australia Fund portfolio manager, Simon Marais. "The default position is 100 per cent in cash and money market instruments with the option to invest up to 50% on ...

Licensee Select new manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... resulted in the appointment of former AMP Financial Planning senior to the role of manager, operations and service delivery. Simon Dutton will be responsible for the ongoing delivery of products and services in the role. Dutton has over 12 years' financial ...