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Bentham expands investment team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
Global credit manager Bentham Asset Management has made two new hires to its investment team in response to demand from institutions and enquiries from retail investors for more credit investments. Bentham has appointed Daniel Saldanha as senior credit ...

Aberdeen fixed income manager resigns

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
Stuart Dear has resigned from his senior fixed income portfolio manager role at Aberdeen Asset Management and will be leaving the firm in approximately two weeks. Dear has been at the firm for 14 years and during that time his focus has been on interest ...

Investors ignoring credit

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
Retail investors are ignoring the middle ground between equity and fixed interest, "bar-belling" portfolio asset allocation between the two extremes, according to a paper released by boutique global credit manager, Bentham Asset Management. "I am quite ...

APRA updates MySuper FAQ guide

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
Superannuation regulator APRA has updated its MySuper Frequently Asked Questions guide to help super funds clarify how the new product class will operate. The guide covers general operating practices, transition arrangements and investment strategy. ...

New corporate super boss at AMP

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
AMP Financial Services has appointed Libby Roy as its new head of Corporate Superannuation. Roy will report to AMP Financial Services managing director Craig Meller and be responsible for driving AMP's corporate super strategy. "Libby brings extensive ...

Liars' Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
"Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue." - Billy Joel, Honesty "There won't be a GST under the government I lead" promised Johnny Howard before being elected prime minister of Australia. "There won't be a carbon tax in a government I ...

A-REIT concentration raises active mgt questions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
The Australian listed property trust securities sector is plagued by concentration issues, according to Lonsec's annual review. While most funds in the sector are benchmarked against the S&P/ASX-200 A-REIT Accumulation Index or the S&P/ASX-300 A-REIT ...

ClearView expands advice division

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
ClearView Wealth Limited has expanded its advice division with the number of advisers in its dealer group increasing more than one-third since December. This expansion, announced via an ASX update, reflects ClearView's advice strategy which includes ...

Treasury Group makes more Asian moves

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
Treasury Group has acquired a 20% equity stake in Singapore based multi-strategy Asian equities manager, Octis Asset Management. Treasury Group (TRG) said that it had also acquired an option to increase its stake by 10% if requirements linked to new ...

Pipeline Partners makes HFM bid

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
Pipeline Partners Australia has made a binding $1.23bn takeover offer for the Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund. "The Hastings Funds Management Ltd (HFML) subcommittee of independent directors is currently considering the terms of the proposal and ...