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AXA and Wealth.net split poses planner risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... is no assurance that such a possible divestment will occur or that it will address the concerns raised by the ACCC." Research house Roy Morgan, however, takes a different approach to the deal, and cites the AXA/NAB merger as not anti-competitive. The ...

FIIG appoints R&D chief

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... Securities has appointed former St George Bank head of debt capital markets, Corey Wittenberg, as managing director - research and market development. In his new role, Corey will manage FIIG Securities' specialist fixed-income research team, which produces ...

Sigma buys CPG Research & Advisory

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
Sigma Alpha International Limited (SAIL) has bought asset consulting firm CPG Research & Advisory, a consultancy firm with around $11 billion of assets under advice. The sale is part of a new asset consulting and funds management business established ...

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
... International Fund, which holds more than $9 billion in funds under management (FUM), according to Rainmaker. Investment Trends research highlighted the fund manager's popularity among Australia's financial planners. It found financial planners are three ...

ETCs close to platform launch

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... to platforms. "We're starting to see more platforms do more due diligence on our products," he said. "There's several research houses that feed into [different investment platforms]. It'll probably be around a month and a half before things start moving." ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... the June share price index futures contract was 79 points higher at 4,466, on volume of 18,059 contracts. IG Markets research analyst Ben Potter said a strong lead from Wall Street on positive US economic data had brought risk appetite back to the local ...

Report points to low cost fund future

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... Financial advisers and corporate retirement plan sponsors play a large role in the decision making of investors. The research found 56 per cent of household mutual fund assets were held through financial advisers and 24 per cent were held in defined ...

Martin Currie buys $480m hedge fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... strategies. The firm's European long/short hedge fund was launched in June 1998. David Helm, chief executive at Sofaer Global Research (UK), said selling the European Hedge Fund to Martin Currie provides continuity for its investors. Sofaer is maintaining ...

Mercer wins Investec mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... Private Bank to support its high net worth client investment service. Investec will draw on Mercer's forward-looking global research on managers to identify best in class investment products. In particular, Investec will access Mercer's Global Investment ...