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Planners gain clean tech fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Asgard Wealth Solutions adds Bakers Investment Group's Alternate Energy Customised Portfolio to its Approved Product List (APL). The portfolio uses a separately managed account (SMA) structure and provides exposure to alternative energy securities across ...

Sovereign wealth funds to buy more equities

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Nearly one third of sovereign wealth funds that control over $7 trillion in assets are aiming to increase their investments in equity markets during the second half of 2009, new figures show. According to a survey by FD, 70 per cent of the hedge funds ...

Thumbs down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... lending. Less credit availability is damaging the economy. A damaged economy is wreaking havoc on confidence on household wealth. Diminished household wealth feeds into lower spending, lower profits, lower investment, retrenchments. And on and on we ...

AMP posts profits, AUM falls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
AMP stayed in the black last year despite the market crisis although earnings by its wealth management arms dropped markedly after local and global markets went through the wringer. The group's Contemporary Wealth Management business, which includes ...

Treasuries still strong: ML

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... the US to implode, according to an industry expert. Stephen Corry, Merrill Lynch, chief investment strategist for global wealth management, believes that the US Federal Reserve cannot allow Treasury yields to climb much higher than its current levels ...

ING wins $270m QBE mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... entrusted ING to administer and manage the combined QBE superannuation arrangements," said Ross Bowden, executive director of wealth management, ING Australia.

AUSCOAL appoints $140m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... management for institutional investors around the world. "LSV is a new appointment replacing an investment in the SSgA wealth weighted index product," said Spadden. The LSV mandated followed a review of AUSCOAL's international equity sector. According ...

Myer shops for new IT suite

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
Investment services tech firm SS&C Technologies Australia has scored a deal with Myer Family Office to deploy its wealth management solution, Suite. Matt Browning, head of investment at MFO, said the financial planning firm was looking to replace its ...

Zenith wins clients and adds to team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... analyst, Graeme Miller, to its research team. The firm's four new clients include IRIS Financial Group, InvestSmart, Thinc Wealth and Segue Financial Services. Zenith Investment Partners' existing client list includes Newcastle based Prosperity Advisers ...

Asia FMs to wield more power

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... management across Asia will continue to benefit from stronger economic growth rates relative to other regions and resulting wealth generation...ongoing shift from savings to managed assets, and more rapid acceptance of new investment themes as global ...