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Omega hires Vanguard exec

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... of Melbourne. He is a previous IFSA Deloitte Future Leaders Award Finalist (Global Markets) for his category winning research paper on the comparative advantage of the Australian funds management industry relative to other global financial centres. He ...

Boutique and big brands top SMA

S&P RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... JBWere, Hyperion, Ralton, UBS Global Asset Management (Australia) were all rated as the top SMA model portfolio providers, research shows. Standard & Poor's has named the stand out investment fund manager of separately managed accounts (SMA) as the sector ...

Macq taps planner needs for mortgages

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... financial planners to implement debt recycling and other wealth creation strategies for clients. This product range follows research by Macquarie Practice Consulting (MPC) that found one third of planning practices in Australia would consider diversifying ...

ASFA adds to policy strategy team

ASFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... strategy. "Jules is an actuary and has 25 years experience as a consultant, adding an extra dimension to ASFA's policy and research team. Jules also has a keen interest in regulation, research and academia," said Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the ...

Coding error review prompts sell rating

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... founder's resignation and demotion of the CIO. The AXA Board determined that the group's founder, Barr Rosenberg, and head of research, Thomas Mead, did not act in accordance with the firm's escalation policy and code of ethics. Specifically, the external ...

Aus Ethical changes portfolio manager

S&P RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... portfolio manager was changed. Australian Ethical Investment replaced the lead portfolio manager, James Harvey, with research analyst, David Macri, who took over management of the fund at the start of July. Harvey remains based in Brisbane and now works ...

AMP trains staff on insurance services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... Insurance allows firms such as AMP to boost professionalism of the industry. "High quality training is crucial and our research suggests that 95 per cent of staff will remain at a company that is actively investing in their professional development," ...

CommInsure completes business restructure, appoints two GMs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... business, the different teams can now focus on providing better service to each customer segment. Two weeks ago, insurance research from Investment Trends show that CommInsure came second in the firm's inaugural Investment Trends Life Insurer Benchmarking ...

Bennelong adds to BDM team

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... Insurance Group, has been appointed as the BDM Northern Region. Jarrod Brown, chief executive at BFM said that strong research house ratings and increased dealer group approvals mean the group is well placed to expand its retail business overf the next ...

Treasury Group ramps up asset allocation muscle

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... advisory team made up of Mark Burgess, managing director at Treasury Group, David Bassanese, economist and owner of ETF research provider Pennywise and Paul Winter, equity strategist at Investors Mutual (IML). The research is designed specifically for ...