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ANZ restructure gathers pace with new planning head

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
ANZ Wealth has promoted Luke Symons to head of financial planning and brought in former Colonial First State head of strategy and planning Greg Hansen, as Paul Barrett's advice and distribution restructure continues to take shape. Barrett arrived from ...

New tool launched to gear SMSFs into property

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
Self-managed super administration provider Multiport has launched a new package to help SMSF trustees gear property into SMSFs and invited financial planners to a roundtable discussion debating the merits of property in super. At the luncheon in Sydney ...

AMP embeds AXA management into new structure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
AMP again vowed to put quality financial advice at its heart after establishing a new eight division business structure for AMP Financial Services (AFS). AMP has put a new management team in place, effective August 1, ahead of its results announcement ...

BTIM extends global presence with $10bn manager buy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
BT Investment Management will reduce its reliance on Australian revenues by acquiring London-based J O Hambro Capital Management in a $314 million deal that gives it access to a host of new markets. J O Hambro Capital Management is a boutique active ...

D-E-B-T

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
Let's talk about debt baby. D-E-B-T the four letters that's currently giving political leaders massive headaches, financial markets their jitters and gold its shine. With only two weeks to go before the debt ceiling blows up and bites their collective ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today, after Wall Street securities fell overnight, while commodities markets were mixed. At 0721 AEST, the local September share price index futures contract was down 22 points at 4,425. In economic ...

Instos go direct as hedge funds industry moves

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
Institutions are seeking direct and customised hedge fund investments in favour of commingled fund of hedge funds, as the alternative asset class attempts to reinvent itself. A new report from State Street, Hedge Funds: Rebuilding on a New Foundation ...

Consultant warns super funds on alternative rush

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
Institutional investors are in danger of allocating too much capital to alternatives, with "genuine assets" thin on the ground and often overpriced, according to investment consultant Chris Condon. A recent study by Towers Watson showed that allocations ...

Rainmaker reveals 2011 Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
Challenger emerged as the biggest winner from the 2011 Rainmaker Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards Dinner last night, picking up three awards, while PIMCO, Legg Mason and AustralianSuper each scooped two. The awards dinner, compared by ABC newsreader ...

REST focused on long term after posting healthy returns

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
REST Industry Super's core strategy achieved returns of 9.56% for the last financial year, which the fund attributed to its active management style, while its tax-free core pension strategy returned 10.71%. The $20 billion hospitality industry fund ...