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SFG renews platform agreements

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... under management, as at 31 December 2011. SFG is the largest independently owned financial planning network in Australia, research from Rainmaker reveals.

Childhood determines who rises to the top

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
While workplace discrimination and family demands are commonly blamed for the lack of female chief executives, research has found that it's childhood issues that are more to blame. The research findings were revealed by Dr Terrance Fitzsimmons, post-doctoral ...

Franklin Templeton expands retail team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... years' experience in the financial services industry having previously held roles in the areas of business development, research and client services. "This appointment further bolsters Franklin Templeton's ability to service the retail advice market," ...

Older investors dumping equities

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... managed fund flows, providing a transparent measure of investor behavior," said CFSGAM's senior analyst investment markets research Belinda Allen. The index indicates a low preference for equities in all age groups except for investors under age 35. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... Europe's leaders appeared still-divided on how they will address their crisis in the coming crunch summit for the eurozone. Research in Motion's 7.6 per cent drop on a downgrade from Morgan Stanley led a broad fall in tech stocks; Hewlett-Packard fell ...

North American Endowments bullish on PE

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
Endowment funds in the US have increased their allocations to private equity by 50% over the past five years, according to a report from alternatives investments researcher Preqin. Endowments are the fourth largest institutional grouping in the US. ...

Premium China expands distribution team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... Premium China Funds Management to reconfigure its distribution team. The company has made two new hires in marketing and research and increased regional responsibilities for state investment managers Derek Paas and Alexandra Roos, who will focus on face-to-face ...

MLC property fund faces leadership change

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
MLC global property securities fund portfolio manager Stuart Keighran is stepping down, according to research house Standard & Poor's. Keighran will relinquish his portfolio management responsibilities to Jonathan Armitage, head of equities and Australian ...

Towers Watson's clients top $15bn in Smart Beta

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... strategies to create liquid diversity and capture non-market cap weighted equities. Craig Baker, global head of investment research at Towers Watson, said Smart Beta is about trying to identify good investment ideas that can be structured better, whether ...

EM specialist enters Australian market

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... Middle East. They do this by focusing on tapping into the small to mid cap range that large firms don't invest into due to research resource constraints. "We are different from most emerging markets investors out there because we have our experts on ...