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AAS, Pillar and Superpartners brace for SuperStream

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... accommodation for a few more entities who want to do bulk or wholesale rollovers in the interim, noted the press statement. Robert van Woerkom, project manager of the initiative, will continue to manage the wholesale rollover network for the three administrators ...

Implemented Portfolios adds four practices

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
One month after Implemented Portfolios opened its doors to advisers, four planning firms have signed up to use its portfolio construction services - a trend that looks set to continue in the changing advice landscape, said managing director, Charlie ...

Perpetual MD Deverall resigns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... change. Perpetual has a strong balance sheet and has one of the best brands in the financial services market," said Deverall. Robert Savage, chair at Perpetual, said the board accepted his resignation with regret. In a letter to shareholders in May this ...

BNP Paribas hires Mallett for fixed income shop

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... institutional and retail investors. The strategies will also be offered to BNP Paribas Investment Partners' overseas clients. Robert Harrison, chief executive at BNP Paribas Investment Partners in Australia, said the firm is capitalising on renewed interest ...

NY firm defrauds billion dollar CDOs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... clients and investors, according to the statement. "ICP and Priore repeatedly put themselves ahead of their clients," said Robert Khuzami, director of the SEC's Enforcement Division. "Instead of acting as fiduciaries, they took advantage of a distressed ...

Lessons from US pension funds in crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... finance academics collected annual reports data on the 116 major pension plans sponsored by the 50 states in the US. Authors Robert Novy-Marx from the University of Chicago and Joshua Rauh from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University ...

UK green and ethical fund hit $16bn

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
UK's green and ethical funds have surpassed $16 billion, four times the amount more than a decade ago. London-based Experts in Responsible Investment Solutions (EIRIS) found the ethical and green retail market represents around 750,000 investors, up ...

BRW Rich 200 lists fin services best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
Platinum's Kerr Neilson, ex-Macquarie chief Allan Moss and Maple-Brown Abbott co-founder Robert Maple-Brown led the charge of financial services execs who made it to this year's BRW Rich 200. Platinum manages more than $17 billion in client funds spread ...

HFA appoints new CEO

ASX RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Oscar Martinis and Robert White are stepping down from their roles as joint managing directors at HFA Asset Management after the listed company named its new chief executive. Martinis worked at the firm for nine years and White, for seven. Both have ...

Tora expands to include Australia

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... few months. "TORA Crosspoint is unique in that it seeks liquidity in parallel with the user's everyday order flow," said Robert Dykes, chief executive of Tora. "In addition, TORA Crosspoint offers the ability to bring together leading crossing engines ...