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No mandate terminations: Hostplus

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
The $7 billion industry fund Hostplus has no intentions of terminating any of its investment mandates despite the losses it suffered on them last year. Sam Sicilia, chief investment officer of Hostplus, said the industry fund is not actively looking ...

Industry unites for super message

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
With the public set to receive their super statements next month, nine financial services industry bodies made the unprecedented move to join forces and deliver a single message to investors and retirees. The Superannuation Stakeholder Group produced ...

FPA heads to eye of Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
The key team behind the Financial Planning Association (FPA) is travelling to Townsville, Queensland to speak to those directly affected by Storm Financial's advice and the firm's subsequent collapse. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Jo-Anne ...

TTR strategies need more attention

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
Investors still lack awareness of transition to retirement strategies while many others view super as a "poor investment", according to financial advisory firm HLB Mann Judd. According to Michael Hutton, wealth management partner at HLB Mann Judd, most ...

MacarthurCook hires two execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... appointment of Nick McGrath as head of real estate Asia and chief executive of Singapore exchange listed, MacarthurCook Industrial REIT. Meanwhile, the real estate investment manager also hired Grant Earney as chief financial officer. Earney joins the ...

Morgan Stanley launches Aus Eq fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has launched a top performing Australian Equity Fund previously available to instos into the retail investor market. The Morgan Stanley Equity Fund is an actively-managed and highly concentrated fund that ...

Trilogy signs AFM

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... recently stepped up its acquisition activity and we are currently reviewing several properties for the Property Opportunity REIT which is on the drawing board." Trilogy Funds Management provides property related investment products to the retail and ...

BlackRock cuts 10 staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
BlackRock Investment Management announced a round of redundancies in its property, A-REIT and marketing teams. The 10 redundancies are the result of changes to the firm's Australian property team, A-REIT and marketing teams, all other investment teams ...

Murray to leave Perpetual after restructure

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... the new team. Meanwhile property-securities analyst Anthony Cay will join the Australian-equities team and will continue A-REIT stock analysis on a dedicated basis. However, Murray, who has 25 year experience in the property arena, is expected to leave ...

Smith leaves GSJBW property fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... as experienced or well resourced as previously and key person risk also has increased significantly at a time when the A-REIT sector is experiencing unprecedented volatility," said Peter Ward, S&P Fund Services analyst. A spokesperson from Goldman Sachs ...