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BT names head of income & fixed interest

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
BT Investment Management (BTIM) has promoted Vimal Gor to head of income and fixed interest. Gor joined BTIM in November last year. Prior to that, he spent a decade at Aviva Investors in London where he was responsible for the management of its Global ...

Van Eyk maintains name after founder sells stake

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
Mark Thomas, managing director of van Eyk Research, said they have no plans to change the company's name after founder Stephen van Eyk's 25 per cent stake was sold to New Zealand-based Pyne Gould Corporation last month. Stephen van Eyk's stake was sold ...

BRW Rich 200 lists fin services best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... founder of Count Financial is quoted by BRW to have a personal wealth of $218 million. He remains on the board of the company after Andrew Gale, former Deloitte actuarial expert, was named chief executive in February this year. Gale replaced Marianne ...

ETCs close to platform launch

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... available on investment platforms. Nigel Phelan, head of sales in Australia and New Zealand at ETF Securities, said the company is working with ratings firms to gain ratings and access to platforms. "We're starting to see more platforms do more due diligence ...

Prudential scraps AIG deal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... to do with the deal. Prudential has agreed to pay AIG a $260 million termination fee. This follows a statement from the company two days ago that said it was backing away from negotiations to buy AIG's Asian business AIA. That same statement said the ...

Planners gain insto help with fee for service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
A large financial services group is giving financial planners that are moving to a fee for service remuneration model a helping hand. MLC is providing workshops to all financial planners following significant demand from advice firms outside the MLC ...

AdminPARTNERS improves back office, adds staff

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Administration software and service provider AdminPARTNERS has substantially upgraded its back office infrastructure and hired two new staff to better serve its growing number of super fund clients. The group, formerly named GPEN, specialises in mid-sized ...

HFA appoints new CEO

ASX RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... and Robert White are stepping down from their roles as joint managing directors at HFA Asset Management after the listed company named its new chief executive. Martinis worked at the firm for nine years and White, for seven. Both have left the firm to ...

Select wins AXA and CFS mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Select Asset Management's Alternatives Portfolio has been added to the AXA North platform and CFS FirstWrap. The Select Alternatives Portfolio went live on the AXA North platform on 10 May, and CFS FirstWrap on 1 June. A press statement from Select ...

Tora expands to include Australia

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Asian technology firm Tora is expanding its equity trading platform, TORA Crosspoint, to cover new markets including Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. TORA Crosspoint is an off-exchange liquidity venue comprised of the firm's internal liquidity flow ...