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Perpetual gets four stars from S&P

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
The Perpetual Split Growth Fund has been assigned a four-star rating from Standard & Poor's Fund Services, which now rates the fund in the Multi-sector - Equity peer group. Previously the fund was part of S&P's International Equities - Diversified peer ...

Bird to step down as CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... attention to these other interests," said Bird. He joined Morningstar when the firm bought Aspect Huntley in July 2006, a company that was originally named Aspect Financial before it merged with Huntley's Investment Information. Bird founded Aspect Financial ...

Norwegian pension excludes tobacco firms

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... Finance drafted rules states the fund will exclude all companies that produce any tobacco, regardless of the amount the company produces. This means the pension fund will exclude more companies than those companies that are described as "tobacco" by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... Association's new home sales report for December and the Reserve Bank of Australia's index of commodity prices for January. In company news, Argo Investments Ltd releases first half results and Navitas Ltd issues annual results. The Australian share ...

BNP Paribas merges with Fortis IM Aust

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... Fortis Bank. The legal integration is expected to occur in April. According to internal figures from BNP Paribas, the company has $18.2 billion in AUM at the end of December. Combined, their AUM at the end of September, will make the merged group the ...

Cromwell hires head of property services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Property and funds manager Cromwell Group has appointed former Mirvac executive Noel Woodward to the position of head of property services. In his new role, Woodward will be responsible for providing strategic leadership and ensuring the effective operation ...

Westpac unveils new trading platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Westpac has launched a new online trading platform for its 250,000 broking customers. James Staltari, the head of Westpac Securities, said the new website is called Westpac Online Investing, and includes an improved range of equity and investment services ...

HSBC Bank hires Contango director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
HSBC Bank Australia has hired Contango Asset Management investment services director, Carol Austin, as an independent non-executive director and Peter Wong also as a non-executive director. Aside from her role at Contango in Sydney, Austin is also a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... bulletin of economic trends is published. The Reserve Bank of Australia releases financial aggregates data for December. In company news, Origin Energy posts its quarterly production report. South-east Asian gold miner Olympus Pacific Minerals lists ...

Aberdeen wins NGS and ING mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
Aberdeen Asset Management has won two Australian fixed interest and global equities mandates from NGS Super and ING IM. The wins include a $150 million fixed income mandate with the Non-Government Schools Superannuation Fund and a sizeable global equities ...