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Pooled funds lose cash

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... cent from $1.19 billion in the September quarter to $159 million in the December quarter. While the figure sounds enormous, Simon Solomon, actuary for Plan For Life, said it was prone to volatility and could easily reverse itself. But Plan For Life figures ...

UniSuper second global tech mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... completing extensive due diligence after allocating $300 million to a T. Rowe Price global technology fund in February. Simon Hudson, head of equities at UniSuper, said their initial interest in global technology was from a beta perspective due to the ...

Guardian FP eyes risk advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... financial planning firm is using referrals to attract interest while talking to potential advisers that may join its network. Simon Harris, executive manager of Guardian Financial Planning, said the group has already had a strong response from the adviser ...

Funds price ratings downgrades

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... change above non-investment grade. Moody's does not provide ratings for Virgin. But Northward Capital portfolio manager Simon Rutherfurd said the change in outlook would not affect the decisions of fund managers, who typically lead the market while ratings ...

WA director joins AustralianSuper board

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
AustralianSuper has improved its nationwide representation with the appointment of Simone McGurk, the first West Australian-based director on its trustee board. McGurk, who replaces the retiring Cath Bowtell, is a director of Westscheme, which is set ...

Countplus loses senior exec to Premium

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... independently minded financial planning practices and have great confidence in Jeremy's ability to bring new firms on board," said Simon Wu, Premium chairman. In November last year, Countplus, an accounting and financial planning firm consolidator, appointed ...

Deutsche hires investment specialist

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
Deutsche Asset Management has appointed BlackRock executive Simon Brinsmead to the role of investment specialist. He has ten years of experience in the asset management industry with six years as an investment research analyst. Most recently, Brinsmead ...

Avoid AMP Aussie shares fund: Morningstar

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... followed Gary Armor's departure the same month, noted the researcher. Meanwhile, the exit of longstanding senior analyst Simon Fitzgerald in August added further instability to the team. In response to the ratings, an AMP Capital spokesperson said "we've ...

SAM becomes TransCap

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... majority owned by Robeco. According to the fund's website, SAM Australia is now owned by its two employees, Francis Grey and Simon Romijn under the new name Transformation Capital. Senior executives at Vanguard Investments confirmed that they still have ...

BlackRock to expand retail arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... "I'm confident we will have one, if possible two, new appointments by the end of the year." Phillips said the departures of Simon Brinsmead and Matthew Aspinall had no relation to any merger activity with one leaving to re-enter the institutional market ...