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AMP expands Chicago credit research team

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
AMP Capital has added a portfolio manager to its Chicago credit research team, reinforcing the importance of its US presence in managing global fixed income portfolios. Afrim Ponik joined the fixed income team (credits market research) and sits in a ...

CFS FirstWrap enhances corporate actions feature

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
Colonial First State (CFS) will be adding new functionality features to its FirstWrap platform in May. The corporate actions capability will be enhanced to allow advisers to automatically handle how their clients respond to announcements such as rights ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Wow! That's the only expression one could make when one saw the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the state of the country's labour market. Wow indeed for the Australian economy added more than seven times the 10,000 workers economists ...

New claimants join class action against CBA

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
New claimants will participate in a class action brought against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia over the sale of complex debt instruments by Gloucester Shire Council in NSW and self-managed superannuation fund Clurname in the Federal Court last ...

Tyndall to sell Aussie bank loans into Japan

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
Tyndall Investment Management has entered into an agreement with an Australian bank to launch a new loan product for the Japanese market. Tyndall managing director Mike Davis was unable to comment on which bank would supply the loans for confidentially ...

Colonial First State wins $500m in Russell mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has been handed $500 million worth of mandates across Australia, the US and Canada after Russell Investments included it on its Global Listed Infrastructure multi-manger platform. Colonial First State Americas ...

Half of adviser practices in poor health: Securitor

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013
The health of Australia's advice industry has deteriorated since 2010, according to Securitor's new report. The Future Ready V whitepaper provides an analysis of what is best practice in the advice industry based on Business Health's HealthCheck data ...

IFM awarded inaugural Aust Small Caps mandate

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2012
Investor-owned global fund manager, Industry Funds Management (IFM) today announced that HOSTPLUS has awarded the firm its inaugural Australian Small Caps mandate. The A$50 million mandate, which is expected to grow over time, will be managed by IFM's ...

Mortgage Choice Financial Planning open for business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
Mortgage Choice has launched its new financial planning business with the opening of two franchises. The company first announced its intent to enter the financial planning space in August 2011 and this latest move marks the start of a soft-launch process. ...

DUET Group approves internal management

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
Plans announced in July to internalise the management of Macquarie and AMP Capital-owned utilities investor DUET Group have been approved by the listed fund's shareholders. Macquarie and AMP Capital now hope to internalise DUET's management arrangements ...