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Instos switch $100bn mandates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
More than $100 billion of assets changed hands last year as institutional investors dump poor performing fund managers, re-negotiate fees and exploit asset class-specific opportunities, a new report found. Mercer has released its 2009 Global Manager ...

HSBC funds now on IOOF platforms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... fastest growing economies in Asia and aims to deliver strong relative performance on the basis of HSBC's proprietary research, long-term focus and strong investment discipline. The HSBC Asia Select Equity Fund PDS is also available online. Geoffrey Pidgeon ...

Don't put all eggs in China basket: Gonzalez

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... 19 years across a number of roles including chief investment officer, group executive of Australian equities, head of research and group executive of global equities.

Lonsec appoints head of equities research

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
Lonsec has appointed former LINWAR Securities founding director, Marcus Tuck, as head of equities research and former van Eyk analyst, Wilson Kwok, to assist with the firm's portfolio construction process. Aside from working at LINWAR, Tuck also worked ...

ING Australia reviews ING IM mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... looking at all of those phenomena and is likely to hire in the areas that are not currently there such as capital markets, research and modeling and investment advocacy," he said. ING Australia manages around $40 billion in funds. Meanwhile, ING IM manages ...

Green shoots for unlisted investments

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... their recovery following a rise in global private equity fund raisings and surge in infrastructure investment placements, research found. Preqin, a researcher specialising in alternative investment around the world, said global infrastructure investment ...

ASX companies fall short on corruption disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... revealed, amid one of Australia's biggest mining company's being forced to defend itself against corruption allegations. CAER research published in 2006 found Australian-listed companies have high levels of operations in countries where corruption and ...

AMP Cap add resources as fund placed 'on hold'

PRESS RELEASES  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... at the fund and will manage Edgerton's responsibilities. "Given the fund's sustainable investment focus, detailed ESG research is an imperative component of the fund's research process. S&P believes the ESG team size was already relatively small for ...

Industry prepares for new advice era

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... asset based fee for service models has risen by more than 60 per cent over this time." According to the Investment Trends research, the use of asset-based fee for service was skewed towards planners with high funds under advice (FUA). Planners with an ...

HOSTPLUS and ME drop Melbourne Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... team brought huge brand awareness in New South Wales, Queensland and one of its key growth areas, Victoria. Roy Morgan research released last year found Melbourne Storm was the second most popular team in the NRL behind the Brisbane Broncos. "It takes ...