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Future Fund offloads Telstra shares

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... 126 million shares were disposed of during this period under an agreement between the board and Telstra. A spokesperson from UBS confirmed that the firm was the sole lead manager in the sale of the shares.

SMA ratings bring clarity for advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
... Opportunities, Aviva Investors Dividend Builder, Goldman Sachs JBWere Core Australian Equities and High Alpha Long Term Opportunity (UBS GAM) offerings. The ratings house's research strategy involved two main components - first was the standard manager ...

Leverage key to recovery: UBS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... returns can only be achieved through a return of leverage, said Mark Small, executive director equity structured investments at UBS. Small said while new products that fit the current market conditions - such as volatility and capital protection funds ...

Zurich names new global head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... the firm's group executive committee. Senn previously worked at Swiss Life, Credit Suisse and Swiss Bank Corp, which is now UBS, across a number of senior roles. The board's decision to elect Senn follows an internal and external review. Manfred Gentz ...

Aviva names SMA model managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... models on the firm's separately managed account (SMA). The SMA model manager line-up, which also includes Aviva Investors and UBS, is designed to provide financial planners with a range of investment fund types to allow them to tailor a portfolio on ...

OptiMix appoints new managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... Markets. Meanwhile the OptiMix Enhanced Cash Portfolio has added ING Investment Management Limited to its line-up, replacing UBS Global Asset Management (UBS). INGIM joins Aberdeen Asset Management as investment managers in the strategy. "These managers ...

Yellow Brick Road drops acquisition strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... than $400 million in funds under advice. The business has certainly gone through some change in the past six months. Former UBS investment banker and fellow Yellow Brick Road founder, Bryan Davies, has left to become a consultant in debt markets. "I'm ...

MLC recruits ex-UBS GAM chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
MLC has appointed former UBS Global Asset Management chief executive Australia, Colin Woods, as general manager of the firm's sales division. Woods previously worked at UBS Global Asset Management in Asia across a number of roles, which besides chief ...

Pengana Asian Equities up 20pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... it again and again," said Lin, who has worked for 15 years in the industry including stints at Platinum Asset Management, UBS, Perennial and Nomura (Japan). Despite the fund's performance, chances are financial planners haven't heard of it yet. Pengana ...

Soc Gén named best SRI brokerage firm: survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale, UBS and CrA(C)dit Agricole Cheuvreux have topped the list of broker firms for the work on socially responsible investment and sustainability research. The annual Thomson Reuters Extel Survey, which polled more than 1,400 ...