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FIIG appoints industry execs to board

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
FIIG Securities has appointed two well-known industry executives as the first independent directors to its board. QIC chairman Don Luke and Aconex chairman Adam Lewis were previously members of the FIIG advisory council and have now been appointed directors ...

Pengana partners with queen of small caps

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Pengana Capital has announced a joint venture with global small caps specialist Lizard Investors to run the Pengana Global Small Companies Fund. Lizard Investors is owned and run by the so called 'queen of small caps', Leah Zell. Prior to establishing ...

Seniors weigh in on super tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
Seniors advocate group COTA Australia is encouraged that politicians and the broader community are realising the importance and inter-relation of superannuation, taxation, and age pension policies. COTA chief executive Ian Yates recently said the policies ...

Chamber Orchestra adds violin to Instrument Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) has added a rare and valuable Guarneri violin to its Instrument Fund. The violin was made by Joseph Guarneri filius Andreae in 1714 and is one of the renowned luthier's 250 instruments that survive today. The ACO ...

Acorn appoints former Citi portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Acorn Capital has appointed Ben Dalling as a sector portfolio manager/analyst to the Australian microcaps team. Dalling, who will be responsible for the financials, REITs and industrials - capital goods sectors, joins the company from Citi where he ...

Bad estate planning advice is getting clients in trouble

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
Accountants and financial planners could be causing problems for clients by giving them incorrect legal advice in estate planning. Acorn Lawyers director Lindsay Stoddart revealed that "50% of the deeds I see coming from accountants and financial planners ...

Bennelong expands equities team

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
Bennelong Long Short Equity Management has expanded its equities team with the appointment a new senior portfolio manager, effective December 2. Tim Hall has over 16 years' experience in the asset management industry, with more than 10 years' experience ...

TAL launches 'world first' group insurance technology

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
Life insurer TAL has developed a new web-based technology for its group insurance business, enabling it to deal more directly with those holding life policies through superannuation. The technology was developed with UniSuper, to coincide with the commencement ...

Acorn appoints Asia Small Cap portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
Acorn Capital has appointed Paul Quah as a portfolio manager/analyst for its Acorn Capital Asia Small Cap Fund. He will be responsible for analysing and selecting stocks in the consumer discretionary sector across all Asian markets excluding Japan. ...

Research key to Asian small caps

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
There are opportunities for investors willing to take a research-heavy approach to Asian small cap equities. "It is an area that is under researched, and nowadays when liquidity is low, there is even less broker coverage," said Douglas Loh, chief operating ...