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Van Eyk resigns as executive chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
Stephen van Eyk, founding director of the company named after him, van Eyk Research, has resigned as executive chair. A statement from the firm said van Eyk resigned for personal reasons. He remains a significant shareholder in the company and will ...

Westpoint auditors get just desserts

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... collapse. ASIC has accepted enforceable undertakings (EUs) from three partners of KPMG's Perth office, Brett Charles Fullarton, Robert Charles Kelly and Jonathan Grant Robinson, who were involved in auditing activities relating to Westpoint Group companies. ...

Macq prepares for longevity risk

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
Australian investors who are dying for longevity-type products widely available in the US but not locally will soon see a raft of these products hit the shelves, with Macquarie Funds Group setting up an entire team purpose-built for this one product ...

SocGen exec quits after insider trading probe

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... following the completion of the SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale and Credit Agricole Asset Management merger. Mustier, along with Robert Day - a non-executive director of SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale - said they had received letters of grievance opening ...

Van Eyk appoints CEO and board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
Financial planning research and ratings firm, van Eyk, has appointed Mark Thomas as chief executive, while Stephen van Eyk, managing director and chair, has moved to be executive chair. The firm also appointed two new non-executive directors including ...

Neuberger Berman buys Lehman Bros

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... Trust Company professionals will continue to provide trust, estate and investment services to individuals and institutions. Robert J. Laughlin, the current president of the Lehman Brothers Trust Company, N.A., will lead the Neuberger Berman Trust Company ...

Best laid plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... Wall Street. Sure there is no certainty that the exit plan - when it comes due to implement - would be followed to a T. As Robert Burns' proverb once warned, "The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, gang aft agley." But the message is loud and clear ...

US fundie expands into Japanese pensions

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... managers through our sub-advised fund business," said Timothy McCarthy, chair and chief executive at Nikko Asset Management. Robert Garvy, chair and chief executive at the firm that was founded in 1987 manages INTECH Investment Management which has more ...

J.P. Morgan grants $1.3 bn HFoF mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... and well established investment process were important in our decision to select the firm to manage these assets," said Robert Case, head of principal investment management at J.P. Morgan. "[This deal] enables us to continue participation in this attractive ...

BlackRock to buy Barclays Global Investors...

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... opportunity to form a closer relationship between our investment banking and wealth management business and BlackRock," said Robert E. Diamond, Jr., president of Barclays PLC. Under the terms of the transaction, BlackRock would acquire BGI in exchange ...